A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark reality
Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of South African miners.
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
Relatives and friends protest near a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Credit: AP/Denis Farrell “We are happy that ...
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
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South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
Those people were happy to see us, they were very happy ... you will never know whether somebody got left behind," he told ...
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South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
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 ...
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Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
Relatives and friends protest near a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Credit: AP/Denis Farrell “We are happy that ...
More Than 100 Miners Died of Starvation or Dehydration After Being Trapped in Abandoned Shaft for Months: Reports
A rescue mission is underway for the hundreds of illegal miners thought to still be underground in a disused shaft in South ...
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
“We are happy that this operation is happening ... Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of ...