Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months —Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission
The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...
Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark reality
Allegations that the miners resorted to eating human flesh in order to survive were also made by other miners who were ...
Death toll of South African illegal miners rises to 87
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...
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More than 100 illegal miners appear at Stilfontein Magistrates Court
The large group was arrested during a special operation to retrieve scores of zama zamas at the Buffelsfontein gold mine.
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Remains of more than 70 Stilfontein illegal miners yet to be identified
The bodies of 78 zama zamas were recovered from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to shut down an elaborate illicit mining network in the area.
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In illegal mining war, South Africa skirting grim lack of jobs reality
The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.
Next Africa: How the South African Mining Tragedy Unfolded
South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...