Jan 14, 2025 · 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 for a period of time. Police say the miners can come out but are refusing for fear of being arrested. (AP video/Alfonso Nqunjana)

Jan 17, 2025 · Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender? Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Jan 18, 2025 · The miners had been stuck there following a nationwide police operation to end illicit mining at disused sites that had closed, as the industry – once the backbone of the country's economy ...

Jan 22, 2025 · On January 16, 246 miners were rescued from an abandoned mineshaft at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, where hundreds of unauthorized miners working illegally in the ...

Jan 14, 2025 · 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...

Jan 14, 2025 · South Africa's High Court has mandated the immediate rescue of trapped miners at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, highlighting systemic failures in the mining sector and the urgent need for reform

Jan 16, 2025 · The standoff at Buffelsfontein began in August 2024, when nearly 2,000 miners descended into the decommissioned mine, southwest of Johannesburg, seeking residual gold deposits.

Jan 14, 2025 · Rescue operations have begun at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine shaft in Stilfontein, with a cage set up to retrieve hundreds of illegal miners from the abandoned mine. Volunteers are descending to bring up everyone still trapped underground, both alive and dead, which is expected to take at least 16 days to complete.

Dec 26, 2024 · Since last month, police officers have formed blockades around Buffelsfontein, a former gold and uranium-producing mine where zama zamas have long operated. The heavily-armed officers...

Jan 22, 2025 · The bodies of 78 artisanal miners, starved and dehydrated by the South African Police which had trapped them underground since last August in a crackdown on illegal mining, were retrieved from the Buffelsfontein gold mine’s Shaft 11 last week.