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 ...
Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.
South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of ...
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 ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa -South African rescuers have pulled ... from human rights organisations and local residents. A 26-year-old woman living near Stilfontein, who gave her name as Matumelo ...
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 ...
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) ...
(AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File) FILE - Police officers and private security personnel stand by the opening of a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein, South Africa ...
Rescuers work to retrieve miners from ground in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) South African authorities have ...