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 rights groups said at least 100 people died from starvation after the mine was sealed off by the security forces to deny those underground access to food to force them to the surface.
Inside South Africa's Illegal Gold Mine Siege: A Deadly Showdown
A deadly siege on an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, South Africa, has resulted in at least 78 miner deaths, with authorities rescuing 246 survivors. Amidst criticism, the government defends its tactics to combat illegal mining,
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
JOHANNESBURG — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out ...
At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...
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 ...
At least 100 men who were mining in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died after being trapped deep underground for ...
Rescuers retrieving illegal miners from a disused South African gold shaft said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...
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