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 ...
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
Deaths of illegal miners reflects that country’s troubled circumstances and need for aid from Elon Musk and others.
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 ...
In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
South Africa’s mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous ...
A critical area in which the mining industry can drive meaningful change is by establishing itself as a strategic partner to ...
A second miner has died in hospital after being pulled alive from an illegal South African gold mine from which 87 bodies were extracted, the government said Friday.