Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...
The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...
Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic ...
The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of a standoff in November when police tried to force the miners out by ...
A critical rescue operation at South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine is underway, attempting to save illegal miners trapped for months. Despite efforts, over 100 miners have died of starvation or ...
The saga of illegal miners reportedly trapped underground at the Buffelsfontein mine in North West has been in the media since November.
Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more still believed to ...
Meanwhile, government lawyers argue that the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine should be responsible for the rescue operation. Illegal miners who were rescued from the depths of Shaft 10 at the ...