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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in ...
CNN on MSN15d
South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
The Associated Press on MSN9d
The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
Mining Weekly11h
Underground feasibility progressing, early works capital being deployed – Tharisa
A well progressing Tharisa mine underground definitive feasibility study accompanied by early works capital deployment is ...
BBC on MSN15d
No more miners trapped underground in South Africa, volunteers say
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 been ...
Miningreview3d
Illegal Mining: The dark heart of South Africa’s mining industry
Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...
allAfrica.com on MSN8d
Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
The Associated Press on MSN16d
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
(AP video by Alfonso Nqunjana) 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, ...
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At least 100 illegal miners have died trapped underground in South Africa, group says
Image: Police officers and private security personnel at the entrance to the mine in Stilfontein, South Africa. Pic: AP/Denis ...
South Africa police launch manhunt for illegal mining 'kingpin'
South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...
The Associated Press on MSN15d
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.