Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...

A critical rescue operation at South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine is underway, attempting to save illegal miners trapped ...

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

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

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

South Africa's High Court has mandated the immediate rescue of trapped miners at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, highlighting ...

The miners were trapped in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein following a standoff with police that began in November, 2024. Police had launched an operation to force the miners ...

Allegations that the miners resorted to eating human flesh in order to survive were also made by other miners who were ...

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