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 ...
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‘Massacre’: Did South Africa starve dozens of trapped miners to death?Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.
More than 250 illegal miners have been retrieved since the start of phase three this week, with 78 dead bodies being recovered.
STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP) — Dozens of men sat and lay together in small caves, some so shallow they couldn’t stand up. The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the ...
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 ...
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