Police in the North West have called for relatives of the 78 bodies that were recovered at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine’s shaft no. 11 during the Mine Rescue Operation in Stillfontein to come forward.

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Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water ...

In November 2024, Ntshavheni said that zama zama miners trapped in the Buffelsfontein mine at Stilfontein would be “smoked out”, earning much criticism for the cruelty of her statement ...

Mathe added that Tshoaeli is being identified in several statements as one of the ring leaders who controlled underground operations at the Buffelsfontein mine. "He is also being accused by some ...

Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police said. In total, 87 of them died underground, with 78 bodies retrieved in ...

A total of 246 alive illegal miners were retrieved and arrested, and a total of 78 dead bodies of illegal miners were recovered from Shaft 11 of the disused Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein ...

FILE: Three illegal miners were arrested after they emerged from shaft 10 at the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in the North West on 28 November 2024. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN CAPE TOWN - Police ...

“I am scared not knowing what I am going to see — is he still alive?” she said at the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine about 100 miles southwest of Johannesburg on Monday, ahead of the ...

Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, said a team has been sent to work with the South African government to verify whether any Zimbabwean nationals were among those rescued or who ...

Their lights illuminated a sea of emaciated faces, men crowded into a chamber who were crying and pleading to be saved from the pitch black of the abandoned Buffelsfontein gold mine. The miners ...