Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an ...
Jan 14, 2025 · CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been …
At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African …
Jan 13, 2025 · 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 …
South African police and illegal miners standoff draws to a grisly …
Jan 18, 2025 · 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.
Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark …
Jan 18, 2025 · The government says illegal mining cost South Africa's economy $3.2bn (£2.6bn) in 2024 alone. As part of the police operation, entry points at various disused mines were …
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa ...
Nov 14, 2024 · Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies and refused to help them, in a dramatic bid to crack …
‘Massacre’: Did South Africa starve dozens of trapped miners to …
Jan 16, 2025 · A months-long standoff between South African authorities and illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine in the town of Stilfontein ended this week with at least 78 …
South African miners trapped underground: What you need to …
Nov 18, 2024 · Illegal mining is a widespread crime in South Africa. Authorities have increasingly taken a hard line, cracking down on miners, called “zama zamas”. At least one of the miners …
South African miner describes horrors for those who spent …
6 days ago · An all-formats team reported from the scene of a South Africa mine disaster where hundreds of men working illegally underground had become trapped and were being pulled …
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African …
Jan 15, 2025 · At least 60 bodies and 92 survivors had been pulled from one of South Africa's deepest mines since Monday in a red cagelike device lowered thousands of feet underground, …
Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid miners - BBC
Nov 15, 2024 · Dozens of volunteers have entered an abandoned gold mine in South Africa to help what could be thousands of illegal miners who have been underground for a month.