Between August and January, more than 1,500 miners emerged voluntarily from the Buffelsfontein shaft. Others died attempting ...

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster, became a police target in August but it was only in November that the miners' situation drew the attention of rights groups.

The standoff at Buffelsfontein began in August 2024, when nearly 2,000 miners descended into the decommissioned mine, southwest of Johannesburg, seeking residual gold deposits.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a months-long standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...

Although Buffelsfontein is known as having measured the coldest temperature in South Africa previously, this occurred during an exceptional cold spell whereas on Friday temperatures at most other ...

Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from the surface for a time. Hundreds are thought to remain underground.

Last week, rescuers recovered 78 bodies and 246 survivors — many of them weak and emaciated — from the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, where police ...

A miner has died at Simmers & Jack's Buffelsfontein gold mine, the company said on Friday. Hydraulic prop team leader Lebajoa Takana was killed in a fall of ground incident at the Buffelsfontein ...

The properties on which the present Buffelsfontein mine is based were first founded in 1954 and 1955, according to information on Village Main’s website. Even today, the life of mine at Buffelsfontein ...

A mineworker has been killed at Simmer & Jack's Buffelsfontein Mine in the North West Province, the company said on Thursday. "The incident took place at the number two shaft in the early hours of ...

Johannesburg - Junior South African gold miner Village Main Reef [JSE:VIL] said on Thursday employees at its Buffelsfontein mine had returned to work on the late shift on Wednesday, ending a 2-day ...