Gold Fields' South Deep mine is thought to be the largest goldmine in the world by reserves, and it is also the seventh ...

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.

The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal mining at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West. This was part of Operation Vala ...

The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash from advocacy groups, including the South African Civic Organisation (Sanco) and Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) over its ...

Of the 1,826 "zama zamas" or illegal miners arrested in the Vala Umgodi operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, only 26 were South African. ALSO READ: Mantashe admits he has ...