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

Zimbabwean authorities are reportedly reluctant to directly confront the South African government over the deaths of 20 Zimbabweans at the Buffelsfontein Gold ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...

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

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

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 ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...

This followed accusations from union GIWUSA alleging SAPS arrested Mzwandile Mkwayi to prevent him from speaking about the ...

A group representing the miners said that at least 18 bodies and 26 survivors have been brought out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine since Friday, but more than 500 miners are still believed to be ...