The Washington Post5d
South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Last week, rescuers recovered 78 bodies and 246 survivors — many of them weak and emaciated — from the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, where police ...
EWN Sport13d
Stilfontein rescue mission winds down but Operation Vala Umgodi to continue
Rescuers cross the caution tape near a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein on 13 January 2025.
The Citizen4d
Hope amid the Stilfontein horror: SA-made, world-first technology shows its might
The Mobile Mines Rescue Winder on the scene of the Stilfontein mine rescue mission. Photos: Supplied The Stilfontein mine tragedy, where at least 78 people lost their lives, underscores the ...
The Citizen13d
Stilfontein: Police say no illegal miners remain underground, courts will determine who’s responsible for deaths
A South African Police Services (Saps) vehicle is parked near the mine shaft in Stilfontein on 17 November 2024. Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP Authorities have claimed that no illegal miners remain ...
WFMZ-TV8d
South African miner describes horrors for those who spent months underground
(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Mmastona Mbizana, left, a community member of Khumo township, speaks to The Associated Press while her son, Lucky Mbizana, watches in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday ...