Illegal miners trapped in the depths of a South African gold mine resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off their food supply to force them out, it has been revealed.

Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to “smoke them out.” Survivors trapped inside one of the deepest gold ...

In South Africa, illegal miners make a living by trespassing in old gold mines to retrieve what is left. In August year, police began to attempt to force people out of the old Buffelsfontein Gold ...