Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
Authorities have come under scrutiny for refusing to help the miners for months and claiming they were able to get out on ...
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...
South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...
Authorities seized gold, explosives ... the tragedy has not stoked a strong reaction across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the news. The practice is common at mines that companies ...
An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe Authorities have evidence of his involvement ...
The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of ... has not stoked a strong reaction across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the news. The practice is common at mines that ...