A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

The bodies of almost 90 illegal miners were brought to the surface of an abandoned shaft when police intensified an operation ...

Gen. Patrick Asaneng said that it was an embarrassment to the police operation. Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine southwest of Johannesburg, police ...

Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

SURVIVORS who were trapped in one of the deepest gold mines in South Africa have spoken out about turning to cannibalism to ...

and the South African government is under scrutiny for the way it has dealt with the issue at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, where more than 100 miners are believed to have died underground of ...

Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.

The accused appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday and were released on R1 000 bail each.