South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

Macua added that the high court’s decision to not force the government and the Buffelsfontein mine to rescue the miners is “legally and morally untenable”. It said the court “acknowledged ...

The organisation said the court’s decision shielded the state and the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine from accountability. “The Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria, ruled that impoverished ...

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Myburgh explained that there are three shafts used as entry and exit points — Margaret Shaft, Buffelsfontein shaft 10 and Buffelsfontein shaft 11. More illegal miners were still making their way ...

“Of the 26 illegal miners, four resurfaced at Margaret Shaft and 22 at Buffelsfontein shaft no 10,” explained North West police spokesperson Adele Myburgh. According to police, the group ...

They are part of a group of so-called zama-zamas who resurfaced from the Magaret and Buffelsfontein shafts this week. ALSO READ: 26 more illegal miners resurfaced from Stilfontein mine this ...

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ALSO READ: MACUA heads to court to halt govt from violating rights of zama zamas in Stilfontein Four of them resurfaced from the Magaret shaft and 22 at the Buffelsfontein shaft No. 10.

After weeks working — then later, trapped and starved by violent gang leaders — in the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, he clung weakly to a makeshift pulley winching him to ...