The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster ... Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and were in South Africa illegally. Police said they seized gold, explosives, firearms and more than $2 million ...

The Buffelsfontein mine disaster, marked by loss of life and political division, underscores South Africa’s failure to address illegal mining and immigration issues.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers sent a cage-like ... 24 bodies and 37 survivors have been brought out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine since Friday, but civic organizations and groups ...

Gcina Lepheana had been working deep in the illegal mine for five months when, in October last year, deliveries ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a monthslong ... cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine last year. That tactic to “smoke them out,” as ...

After six months trapped underground, roughly 246 illegal miners were rescued at Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, ...

Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine southwest ... Illegal mining is rife at some of South Africa's approximately 6,000 disused or abandoned ...

Press Release - The process to identify 93 bodies of suspected illegal miners retrieved from Buffelsfontein Gold Mine' shaft No. 11 between Tuesday, 03 December 2024 and Wednesday 15 January 2025, is ...

Many mines are abandoned or liquidated without sufficient protection for rehabilitation funds, and the government does little to track or hold responsible parties accountable.