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 authorities said that the vast majority who came out of the Buffelsfontein mine were from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and were in South Africa illegally. Police said they seized gold ...

Back in August, the police began blocking food and water from entering the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near Stilfontein in ...

South Africa's second biggest political party ... “The scale of the disaster underground at Buffelsfontein is rapidly proving to be as bad as feared,” the Democratic Alliance party said.

A map of a gold mine in Buffelsfontein, South Africa: Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of ...

Efforts to bring miners to the surface were hampered by the complex structure of Buffelsfontein, one of South Africa's deepest mines, with workers scattered across different levels and shafts.

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine ... Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and were in South Africa illegally. Police said they seized gold, explosives, firearms and more than $2 million in cash from the miners ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have ... the miners were always able to exit through another shaft at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, one of the deepest in the mineral-rich country.

South Africa’s second biggest political party ... “The scale of the disaster underground at Buffelsfontein is rapidly proving to be as bad as feared,” the Democratic Alliance party said.

South Africa’s second-biggest political party ... “The scale of the disaster underground at Buffelsfontein is rapidly proving to be as bad as feared,” the Democratic Alliance party said.

South Africa's second biggest political party ... “The scale of the disaster underground at Buffelsfontein is rapidly proving to be as bad as feared,” the Democratic Alliance party said.