A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
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Informal mining persists in South Africa despite police crackdowns
Yet, the police strategy and public sentiment in South Africa treat the gangsters and their virtually ... socialism and the emergence of new regionalisms (the North American Free Trade Agreement, the ...
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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 a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.
Trapped miners 'resorted to CANNIBALISM to survive': Survivors of South African horror describe how men 'cut parts of legs, arms and ribs for sustenance'
Of the 324 people pulled out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 78 had perished from starvation or dehydration. The illegal ...
How Trump's pledge to punish South Africa reflects Musk's criticism of his homeland
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a ...
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead, anger at police tactics
That tactic to “smoke them out,” as described by a prominent Cabinet minister, was condemned by one of South Africa's biggest trade unions. Police and the mine owners also were accused of ...
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South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from illegal mine
78 bodies, 246 survivors pulled from mine Police blocked supplies of food and water for months Trade unions: state allowed miners 'to starve to death' Government calls illegal mining 'war on ...
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South Africa accused of ‘horrific’ crackdown as 78 bodies pulled from mine
At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
That tactic to “smoke them out,” as described by a prominent Cabinet minister, was condemned by one of South Africa’s biggest trade unions. Police and the mine owners were also accused of ...
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
That tactic to “smoke them out,” as described by a prominent Cabinet minister, was condemned by one of South Africa’s biggest trade unions. Police and the mine owners were also accused of taking away ...