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.

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

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 ...

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months.

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police ...

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