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

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

At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from the surface for a time. Hundreds are thought to remain underground.

South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein ...

South African authorities began their operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, about 95 miles west of ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...