South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in …
10 hours ago · Illegal mining cost South Africa over US$3 billion (S$4.1 billion) last year, according to the mining minister. Typically, undocumented miners move into mines abandoned by commercial miners and ...
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 …
1 day ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country’s deepest mines while working illegally.. At least 78 miners were confirmed dead, …
Mine Standoff That Saw Hundreds Trapped Ends With 87 …
9 hours ago · Forensic service workers carry bodies in blue body bags during a rescue operation to rescue miners from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, rescue ...
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 ...
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine …
1 day ago · 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 on Tuesday. ... At least 60 bodies and 92 ...
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 …
1 day ago · Rescue workers; motor vehicles park near a rescue operation for miners trapped below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Rescuers bring out survivors, dead from South African mine as …
2 days ago · Rescuers have sent a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds of illegal miners trapped for months in an abandoned shaft ...
South Africa gold mine: Rescuers try to free men trapped in mine …
2 days ago · The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...
‘I can’t lose hope’: families await news of trapped miners in South Africa
18 hours ago · A miner is carried on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from Stilfontein mine. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP. South African authorities have repeatedly claimed the miners are free ...
Operation under way to rescue trapped miners from South …
2 days ago · South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper reported that the company leading the rescue effort had designed a special cage that could be lowered up to 3km (1.8 miles) into the mine shaft and the ...