Back in August, the police began blocking food and water from entering the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein in ...

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 ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday.

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.

JOHANNESBURG — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped deep underground for ...

The ILO’s 2025 report, released to mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, underscores how AI and digital technologies are revolutionising workplace safety.

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.

Will the strikers prevail? They have leverage. South Africa's gold industry has been losing strength lately, and mining companies don't have the cushion they once did to absorb losses from a strike.