South African authorities have argued that the miners were always able to exit through another shaft at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine ... across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president ... so the miners would come out on their own and be arrested. The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster, became a police ...

In 2024 South Africa blockaded access to the Buffelsfontein gold mine west of Johannesburg, cutting off food and water in an attempt to force hundreds of miners to the surface.

The South African government, desperate to deal with powerful illegal mining networks, found itself in a crisis that lasted six months at the disused Stilfontein mine in the country’s North West ...

Gold Reef City, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been built on an abandoned gold mine and is now one of the top attractions in the region. According to Tsogo Sun, the company that ...

South African authorities may begin holding pauper's funerals next month for 66 unclaimed corpses from 78 found in a gold mine in Stilfontein, North West province, in January, a health official said.