Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine After Standoff With Authorities
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve them out.
78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff. Toll is expected to rise
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine.
60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped
Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by depriving them of food and water.
Rescuers and volunteers pull more bodies of dead workers from abandoned gold mine in South Africa
Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more still believed to be underground, many of them dead and others too weak to come out on their own.
100 Illegal Miners Dead, 500 Trapped In South Africa’s Buffelsfontein Mine
At least 100 illegal miners have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped underground for months in an abandoned gold mine in North
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months
Death Toll From South African Mine Siege Rises to 78, Rescued Now at 166
South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of operations, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe told reporters at the scene on Wednesday.
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Trapped in Despair: The Illegal Mine Dilemma at Buffelsfontein
The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...
More Than 100 Miners Died of Starvation or Dehydration After Being Trapped in Abandoned Shaft for Months: Reports
Over 100 illegal miners are thought to have died of starvation or dehydration after being trapped in an abandoned shaft in ...
Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from ...
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Call for independent inquiry into events at Buffelsfontein – James Lorimer
The DA calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately establish an independent Commission of Inquiry into all aspects of ...
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Stilfontein must not be another Marikana, President Ramaphosa
Official communiques have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State’s representatives neither know nor care that the Buffelsfontein mine was built on the ...
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Deadly Shadows Underground: The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine Crisis
A critical rescue operation at South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine is underway, attempting to save illegal miners trapped for months. Despite efforts, over 100 miners have died of starvation or ...
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Stilfontein update: Rescue operations underway at Buffelsfontein Mine
To date, more than 1500 individuals involved in illegal mining have surfaced and been apprehended at the Buffelsfontein Gold ...
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Cage set to retrieve illegal Stilfontein miners assembled as phase 3 of recovery operation begins
This is part of a drawn-out mission to bring to the surface illegal miners occupying shaft 11 at the old Buffelsfontein gold ...