Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as …
1 day ago · CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff.. The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an ...
3 days ago · CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, with more than 100 of them believed to have died of starvation or dehydration.. Authorities launched an operation in November to force out the men who were mining illegally at the ...
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger …
1 day ago · 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 Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday. Authorities faced growing anger and a possible investigation over their initial refusal to help the miners and instead “smoke them out” by cutting off their food supplies.
South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after ... - CNN
2 days ago · South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground, after at least 78 bodies were pulled from a shaft ...
Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as …
9 hours ago · CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to d…
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with …
3 days ago · The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...
‘Massacre’: Did South Africa starve dozens of trapped miners to …
1 day ago · A months-long standoff between South African authorities and illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine in the town of Stilfontein ended this week with at least 78 people killed – likely from ...
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine
2 days ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger …
1 day ago · The mine is one of the deepest in South Africa and is a maze of tunnels and levels and has several shafts leading into it. The miners were working up to 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) underground in ...
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, …
2 days ago · No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said. At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have ...