These 78 workers were murdered by the ANC government. Its barbarous actions are a devastating indictment of bourgeois ...
The recent Stilfontein disaster, claiming 78 lives, has exposed the devastating scale of South Africa's illegal gold mining ...
The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies to the miners working illegally in the mine's tunnels. The tactic ...
(AP video/Alfonso Nqunjana) Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue ...
KHUMA, South Africa — For months, the miners and their families pleaded for help. By the time it came, the mine had become a tomb. Last week, rescuers recovered 78 bodies and 246 survivors ...
On Friday, January 10, the Gauteng High Court ordered the rescue of miners who had been trapped for over three months in shafts 10 and 11 of the former Buffelsfontein Gold Mine at Stilfontein.
With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the country’s black market for illicit gold. Mineral Resources Minister ...
More than 240 survivors have been rescued at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, Stilfontein, since operations began. Many of the miners, labeled "Zama zamas—"hustlers" in the Zulu language—for their ...
Shaft 11 of the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein Mine. Picture: @newstruthliz/AP A total of 51 dead bodies have been recovered from the abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein in the past two days.
An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Authorities have evidence of his involvement ...