The crane would occasionally stop and start, leaving him dangling in the darkness. Once he got down into the mine, he was ...
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...
Trapped up to 2.5 kilometres underground, the miners faced horrific conditions, with some resorting to cannibalism to survive ...
Why did 87 people die in South Africa? - The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein began to unfold in August ...
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South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
The death toll in a months-long standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
On Monday, six illegal miners resurfaced in Stilfontein at the Margaret shaft and on Thursday, four more resurfaced at Margaret Shaft and two at Buffelsfontein Shaft number 10. The police said that ...
To date, more than 1,500 illegal miners have emerged ... and that the various state entities and Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, provide Macua and the community members with a weekly progress report ...
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