As South Africa battles with the reality of the Stilfontein disaster - where at least 78 illegal gold miners have died and more than 240 Zama Zamas - large-scale gold mining companies and Bench ...

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 ...

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 ...

(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP ... The miner, a 40-year-old father of six children, exited the mine in December through a separate shaft that had steel stairs.

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 ...

(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) STILFONTEIN, South Africa. (AP) — Dozens of men sat and lay together ... and there is nothing you can do about it,” he said. The miner, a 40-year-old father of six children, ...

Rescuer workers assist an illegal miner who has been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) The miners ...

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 ...

(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South ...

watches the cage being hoisted up in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Her 22-year-old son was arrested after coming out of the mine during the police ...

shows bruises on his hands that he got while climbing out of the mine, during an interview with The Associated Press, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...