South African Miner Describes Horrors for Those Who Spent Months Underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
The Citizen2d
Who is responsible for Stilfontein’s tragic deaths?
Human rights lawyer Richard Spoor argues that government indecision and police actions led to the tragic deaths of 78 zama ...
Al Jazeera on MSN1d
‘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.
Al Jazeera English3d
South Africa accused of ‘horrific’ crackdown as 78 bodies pulled from mine
At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut ... the bodies from the abandoned mine near Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg.
South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors
South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of ...
Burnaby Now2d
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics
A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...
U.S. News & World Report3d
South Africa Pulls 36 Corpses From Illegal Mine, Arrests 82 Survivors
South Africa Pulls 36 Corpses From Illegal ... human rights organisations and local residents. A 26-year-old woman living near Stilfontein, who gave her name as Matumelo, said her husband had ...
Reuters4d
South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors
emaciated miners All 82 pulled out alive to face criminal prosecution Government labels illegal mining 'war on economy' STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 14 (Reuters) - South African rescuers have ...