Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein ...

At least 100 illegal miners have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped underground for months in ...

NINE bodies were among illegal miners retrieved from the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein following rescue operations ...

This followed accusations from union GIWUSA alleging SAPS arrested Mzwandile Mkwayi to prevent him from speaking about the ...

The DA calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately establish an independent Commission of Inquiry into all aspects of ...