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.
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South Africa's president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining ...
More than 70 people have reportedly died while trapped in a mine after a monthlong standoff with the South African government ...
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The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...
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