South Africa Police Try Siege Tactics on Illegal Mining, Igniting Debate
The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...
Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared stuck underground
By Thando Hlophe STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck ...
Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid miners
Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.
South Africa denies illegal miners food and water to force them out
Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a crackdown on miners.
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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were believed ...
South Africa’s government won’t help the illegal miners inside a closed mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...
Body Removed From S.Africa Mine In Illegal Mining Standoff
A body was brought out Thursday of an abandoned gold mine shaft in South Africa where hundreds of illegal miners were ...
South African residents try to rescue trapped illegal miners after police refuse help
A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...
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Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners
Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine.
Families Gather at South African Mine Shaft Where Hundreds Are Feared Underground
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited ...