"What this footage does is show a pile of human bodies, of miners that died needlessly," Giwusa president Mametlwe Sebei said. South Africa's department of mineral resources told the BBC the ...

his fellow miners had to resort to eating flies, cockroaches and other insects. But, as the situation worsened, more drastic measures had to be taken. He said the idea of eating human flesh ...

Forensic service workers carry human remains in blue body bags during ... maintained since the beginning of the standoff that the miners were never trapped, but rather unwilling to come out ...

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.