As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine Shaft 11 in...

The DA has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request a commission of inquiry into the "ongoing disaster" at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in...

The rescue operation for suspected illegal miners, both alive and deceased, at the Buffelsfontein gold mine's Shaft 11 in Stilfontein has officially...

Graphic videos depicting the horrific conditions and deaths of scores of illegal miners trapped in a disused South African gold mine have gone viral,...

Two volunteers are at the forefront of a government-sanctioned rescue mission to retrieve illegal miners from Shaft 11 at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine...

As of Thursday, 78 bodies had been retrieved from the mine, and 246 zama zamas were rescued.

A police operation in Stilfontein will continue, despite initial reports that there are "no longer any illegal miners underground" at Buffelsfontein...

The grim toll from the Stilfontein mine disaster continues to climb. Thirty-six more bodies were recovered on Tuesday, bringing the confirmed death...

While rescue teams worked to retrieve illegal miners trapped in the Buffelsfontein gold mine just outside Stilfontein, anxious relatives watched from...

Rescue operations are in full swing at the disused mine in Stilfontein in the North West. Over 50 frail zama zamas as well as several bodies were...