A SECTION of Buffelsfontein Road will be closed off and motorists rerouted from this week with the start of the second phase of the the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Walmer/Gqebera Stormwater ...

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

This curtailed output at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine (BGM), which normally runs at about 351kg a month. The shaft returned to full production in January. "Prior to the incident, BGM produced 351kg during ...

Hundreds of survivors were pulled from the Buffelsfontein mine, where police said 2,000 workers had been operating since at least the summer before. Many had left of their own accord and were ...

In a March parliamentary reply, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu said that in Stilfontein, 1,916 miners had been arrested and charged with illegal mining, illegal immigration, possession of gold-bearing ...

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Child sex ring horror in South Africa's illegal mines: Witnesses describe how youths are sent underground and passed around by miners to be raped By KUMAIL JAFFER Published: 07:46 EDT, 19 May 2025 ...

South Africa's illegal mining industry made global headlines last year following a standoff between police and miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine, near the town of Stilfontein in the North ...

This story contains details, including a video, that some people may find distressing. The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months living and working underground in an ...

South Africa's illegal mining industry made global headlines last year following a standoff between police and miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine, near the town of Stilfontein in the North ...