Patrick Ntsokolo hopes to testify before the Human Rights Commission probe into the Stilfontein tragedy The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is to hold hearings into the tragedy at ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

In this case, the employer is Buffelsfontein Gold Mines Limited, not the Respondents. However, the minister and the mine owner have taken reasonable steps to ensure that mining rescue services ...