Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...
South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...
South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein ...
Residents desperately waiting for news of family members gathered at the mine, some holding placards criticizing authorities ...
The prevalence of illegal mining was brought into sharp focus by the prolonged removal of zama zamas from the unused ...
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police ...
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...