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Illegal mining stand-off draws to an end

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 operation cut off food and basic supplies to thousands who were illegally digging

Al Jazeera on MSN · 1d

‘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.

NPR · 7h

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 to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

The Citizen3h

Transforming old mines can tackle illegal mining crisis

David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...

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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.

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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 ...

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