Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...
Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein ...
FILE: Three illegal miners were arrested after they emerged from shaft 10 at the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in the North West on 28 November 2024. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN CAPE TOWN - Police ...
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 ...
Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...
Two survivors of a mining disaster in South Africa have claimed some of their colleagues 'resorted to cannibalism' in order ...
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 other ...