The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.

The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.