Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark reality
The crane would occasionally stop and start, leaving him dangling in the darkness. Once he got down into the mine, he was ...
'Trying to kill us': Stilfontein illegal miner recalls police siege
Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...
GroundUp20h
“The smell of death was everywhere” – Stilfontein mine rescue ends
As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.
WXXI2h
A South African horror story: illegal mining stand-off draws to an end
In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months —Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission
The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...
Radio France Internationale20h
South African union calls Stilfontein mine siege a 'state-sponsored massacre'
South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
The Africa Report18h
South Africa: Police operation nabs over 17,000 trapped miners
More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...
South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
By Nellie Peyton and Xolani Nhlapo STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on ...
Mail & Guardian8d
Lawyers say ‘trapped’ illegal miners in Stilfontein can’t surface without help
According to Jessica Lawrence of Lawyers for Human Rights (LRH), the miners are “physically trapped” and cannot leave the ...
Algoa FM2d
Stilfontein death toll hits 36 as emaciated miners come to surface
Blinded by the bright summer sun, haggard survivors staggered across ochre soil mixed with rubble near Stilfontein. Their ...
sundayworld3d
152 Stilfontein illegal miners retrieved, 60 certified dead
A total of 152 illegal miners have been retrieved from underground Shaft 11 of the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein, North West ...
Daily Maverick4d
Stilfontein body count mounts as 51 corpses hauled from mine, 106 rescued
Lerato Moloi, a resident of Khuma township in Stilfontein, told Daily Maverick on Tuesday that while she understands why the government has continuously stressed that many of the illegal miners ...