Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ... “The scale of the disaster underground at Buffelsfontein is rapidly proving to be as bad as feared,” the ...

A map of a gold mine in Buffelsfontein, South Africa: Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, ...

Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.

South Africa’s second biggest political party, which is part of a government coalition, has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to order an inquiry into what happened at the Buffelsfontein mine.

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.

Makoanyane says she believes her boyfriend is one of more than 1,000 informal prospectors who South Africa’s government has been trying to starve out of the Buffelsfontein mine, which extends ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa's government for failing to prevent what they call a "massacre" at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and ...

South Africa's Police minister Senzo Mchunu, center, attempts talking to family members and activists after visiting an abandoned gold mine, where miners are rescued from below ground, in ...

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

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned ...