Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
As per a report by The Telegraph, two survivors revealed that miners resorted to cannibalism, eating the body parts of their ...
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...
Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.
Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...
Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...
The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...
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