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The tactic, which had 'worked' elsewhere—1,300 illegal miners across the country did surrender and appear in court—had drastic consequences for those in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine.

The illegal gold miners had been trapped in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 150km from Johannesburg.

Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...

Last week, rescuers recovered 78 bodies and 246 survivors — many of them weak and emaciated — from the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, where police ...

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, and ...

CAPE TOWN - Police have denied claims that a volunteer involved in Stilfontein's abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine rescue operation has been re-arrested. This followed accusations from the ...

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster, became a police target in August but it was only in November that the miners' situation drew the attention of rights groups.

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster, became a police target in August but it was only in November that the miners’ situation drew the attention of rights groups.