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South African rescue operation brings illegal miners, bodies

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South African police announce the sudden end of mine rescue operation

South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where scores of illegal miners were trapped and believe they rescued all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies of those who died.

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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Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew criticism from human rights groups.

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South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from illegal mine

By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an ...

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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground

Rescuers have sent a cagelike structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds ...

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Rains force South Africa to close border crossing with Botswana

South Africa has temporarily closed a key border crossing with Botswana due to heavy rainfall and flooding, the country’s ...

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Relatives wait for news as body bags hauled from South African mine

Rescuers have spent Tuesday pulling body bags and survivors from a South African mine where scores of illegal miners are ...

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South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from besieged mine

A total of 78 bodies and 166 survivors - some of them emaciated and disorientated - have been hauled out so far in a ...

Rayyan Ebrahim: South Africa's Top 2024 Matric Achiever Shares Future Plans

South Africa's 2024 matric top achiever from the Western Cape shared his future plans and how he was able to achieve such ...

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