A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...

The accused appeared before the Stilfontein Magistrate's Court on Friday and were released on R1 000 bail each.

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

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

SURVIVORS who were trapped in one of the deepest gold mines in South Africa have spoken out about turning to cannibalism to ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

Four police officers who were arrested on Friday in connection with the escape of alleged underground illegal mining kingpin and ringleader, ...

Workers trapped in a deep gold mine in South Africa for nearly nine months have told how they survived this time. The illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein gold mine were shut down in a mine last year ...

Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police ...

The national crackdown against illegal mining began in late 2023, in part spurred by the rise of violent crime in communities ...