The tragedy at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in South Africa on 16th January,2025 rescue of 246 illegal miners and 78 to 87 dead bodies, has exposed the deeply rooted issue of poverty, policy failure, ...

Patrick Ntsokolo says he saw other miners eating human flesh to survive. He hopes to testify at the SA Human Rights ...

The bodies of almost 90 illegal miners were pulled from an abandoned shaft earlier in 2025 when police intensified an operation to clamp down on illegal mining at the old Buffelsfontein gold mine ...

South Africa’s winter turned harsh this week as snow, wind chill and icy temperatures swept across the country.

Buffelsfontein Gold Mines has meanwhile also engaged the mine rescue services to assist the illegal miners in exiting the Stilfontein mine shaft.

he told the media, adding that the mine owners -- the Chinese-owned Buffelsfontein Gold Company -- should be held accountable. In a March parliamentary reply, ...

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