“There is nothing that we would do differently,” Maj. Gen. Patrick Asaneng, acting police commissioner of North West province, where Buffelsfontein is located, said at a press conference Thursday.

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine is one of the country's deepest mines and one of the largest in the world. It is estimated that Buffelsfontein holds around 11.02 million oz of gold.

The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, the scene of the disaster, became a police target in August but it was only in November that the miners' situation drew the attention of rights groups.

Although Buffelsfontein is known as having measured the coldest temperature in South Africa previously, this occurred during an exceptional cold spell whereas on Friday temperatures at most other ...

The standoff at Buffelsfontein began in August 2024, when nearly 2,000 miners descended into the decommissioned mine, southwest of Johannesburg, seeking residual gold deposits.

A mineworker has been killed at Simmer & Jack's Buffelsfontein Mine in the North West Province, the company said on Thursday. "The incident took place at the number two shaft in the early hours of ...

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe visited the site Tuesday and said that more than 1,500 miners who resurfaced from the Buffelsfontein mine have been arrested since authorities began a ...

A miner has died at Simmers & Jack's Buffelsfontein gold mine, the company said on Friday. Hydraulic prop team leader Lebajoa Takana was killed in a fall of ground incident at the Buffelsfontein ...

South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off food and supplies to the miners in the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine last year. That tactic to “smoke them out,” as described by a ...