Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...
South African police say there's nobody left in ... when he first told her he'd be going down into the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein to mine illegally. At first, Tom says ...
Rescue workers retrieved at least 78 bodies from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where police cut off food and water ...
Deaths of illegal miners reflects that country’s troubled circumstances and need for aid from Elon Musk and others.