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The miners were trapped in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein following a standoff with police that began in November, 2024. Police had launched an operation to force the miners ...

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(Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) NINE bodies were among illegal miners retrieved from the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein following rescue operations which started on Monday.

The saga of illegal miners reportedly trapped underground at the Buffelsfontein mine in North West has been in the media since November. Yesterday I went there to see for myself and to try and ...

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The recovery of the remains of illegal miners comes as mine rescue teams kick off an intense operation to retrieve zama zamas occupying Shaft 11 of the Buffelsfontein gold mine. Rescuers use a ...

A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa (Themba Hadebe/AP) The death toll in a ...

Wednesday is day three of the final phase to clear illegal miners occupying shaft 11 at the Buffelsfontein mine. It also marks exactly two months since the start of the official rescue.

Authorities launched an operation in November to force out the men who were mining illegally at the closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine by cutting off their food and water supplies from the surface.