South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...
Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
Stilfontein disaster exposes scale of South Africa's illegal mining challenge
The recent Stilfontein disaster, claiming 78 lives, has exposed the devastating scale of South Africa's illegal gold mining ...
78 found dead in illegal South Africa gold mine - with hundreds still trapped
South Africa gold mine - with hundreds still trapped - Death toll is expected to rise as rescuers pull out both surviors and ...
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Operation under way to rescue trapped miners from South African gold mine
Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa, where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of informal miners to illegally enter them to try and ...
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Hundreds dead in South African gold mine as urgent rescue mission launched
Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups of informal miners to illegally enter them to try and ...
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Illegal workers stuck in South African mine should be handled ‘with dignity,’ bishop says
In his statement, Sipuka said the challenge of illegal mining in South Africa “involves the economic system which allegedly lets big mining companies get away with murder in the way they make ...
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At least 100 die after becoming trapped for months in gold mine
At least 100 men who were mining in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have ... Illegal mining is common in parts of South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable ...
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Operation to pull out illegal miners from abandoned S. African pit
Stilfontein (South Africa ... an abandoned South African gold mine amid claims that hundreds were still underground and many had died. A professional mine rescue company sent a large cage ...