Of the 324 people pulled out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 78 had perished from starvation or dehydration. The illegal ...
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
SURVIVORS who were trapped in one of the deepest gold mines in South Africa have spoken out about turning to cannibalism to ...
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 ...
Miners in South Africa, who take risks by entering abandoned mines to search for leftover gold, had no option but to survive ...
Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
The bodies were discovered during an intense four-day rescue operation from Monday, 13 January. A total of 246 survivors, ...
Police in the North West have arrested five illegal miners who resurfaced at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein. Two of the ...
Police in the North West have called for relatives of the 78 bodies that were recovered at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine’s shaft no. 11 during the Mine Res ...
Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...