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A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...

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Police have called an end to a rescue operation that was launched in South Africa to rescue about 300 illegal miners known as ZamaZamas trapped more than two kilometres underground. Police ...

The South African Police Service confirmed the deaths of at least 78 people on Wednesday following the end of a rescue operation at an abandoned mine where miners, cut off from food and water, had ...

South African police have concluded a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in North West province, recovering 78 bodies and rescuing 246 survivors, some of whom had been trapped underground ...

On Monday, as the formal rescue operation commenced to retrieve ... and I will tell them the story of what happened here at this mine," said Mkwayi. AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a ...

Rescue efforts at an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where at least 78 people died, concluded on Thursday. Credit: flickr / Daniel Sallai CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Rescue operations at an illegal gold mine ...

Mathe said at least 13 children had also come out of the mine before the official rescue operation. Police announced Wednesday that they were ending that operation after three days and said they ...