Their arrest follows the provincial police's call for relatives of the 78 bodies that were recovered at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine’s shaft number 11 during the mine rescue operation in ...

The North West government has started to identify 78 deceased illegal miners whose bodies were retrieved from Shaft 11 at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein. The bodies were discovered during ...

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 Rescue Operation in Stillfontein to come forward.

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water ...

Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police said. In total, 87 of them died underground, with 78 bodies retrieved in ...

Police have promised tough action following the disappearance of an alleged Stilfontein zama zama kingpin and ringleader, known as 'Tiger,' who vanished without a trace after being rescued from ...

A total of 246 alive illegal miners were retrieved and arrested, and a total of 78 dead bodies of illegal miners were recovered from Shaft 11 of the disused Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein ...

FILE: Three illegal miners were arrested after they emerged from shaft 10 at the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in the North West on 28 November 2024. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN CAPE TOWN - Police ...

“I am scared not knowing what I am going to see — is he still alive?” she said at the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine about 100 miles southwest of Johannesburg on Monday, ahead of the ...

Their lights illuminated a sea of emaciated faces, men crowded into a chamber who were crying and pleading to be saved from the pitch black of the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine. The miners ...

Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, said a team has been sent to work with the South African government to verify whether any Zimbabwean nationals were among those rescued or who ...

This follows the death of 87 artisanal miners at Buffelsfontein Mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, while some others were rescued alive. The identities of the deceased are yet to be ...