South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
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 ...
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 ...
South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...
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 ...
No more miners trapped underground in South Africa, volunteers say
No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...
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Around 100 miners die in illegal South African gold mine
South African authorities sought to end illegal gold mining in a derelict gold mine in Stilfontein. Their strategy was to cut off the supplies that were being sent down to the miners to keep them ...
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 ...