South Africa standoff ends with 87 miners dead, anger over police's tactics
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
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Stilfontein rescue mission winds down but Operation Vala Umgodi to continue
On Thursday, cameras were lowered 1,000 metres of the 2.6km deep shaft to scan for signs of life. No movement was seen on ...
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South Africa's Gold Mine Standoff Escalates Into National Crisis
A standoff at an illegal South African gold mine has resulted in at least 87 fatalities, highlighting tensions between police and miners. Authorities face criticism for their tough stance, while a ...
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South Africa: Authorities to end search operations
Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.
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At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped deep underground for ...
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Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic ...
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South Africa: Death toll rises to 60 in S Africa's abandoned gold mine disaster, with rescue efforts ongoing
Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...
South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of a standoff in November when police tried to force the miners out by ...
Rescuers and volunteers pull more bodies of dead workers from abandoned gold mine in South Africa
Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more still believed to ...
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Human rights organisation approaches ConCourt to prevent cannibalism at Stilfontein mine
Macua added that the high court’s decision to not force the government and the Buffelsfontein mine to rescue the miners is “legally and morally untenable”. It said the court “acknowledged ...