Police in South Africa cut off supplies to illegal mining operation with 4,000 workers still inside
Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested.
South African officials weigh up rescue mission for illegal miners underground
Police say 350-400 people have stayed in Stilfontein mine to avoid arrest after minister vowed to ‘smoke them out’
South Africa's Ramaphosa Calls for Safe Recovery of Illegal Miners Stuck Underground
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft and the miners should be recovered safely.
South Africa Police Standoff With Illegal Gold Miners Escalates
The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed up in underground shafts to the surface so they can be arrested.
Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners
A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a mine shaft where several hundred are believed to remain after the government cut off vital supplies.
South Africa illegal mining standoff: Police plan to remove miners from underground
Preparations have begun for a rescue operation of hundreds of illegal miners, in a two-kilometer deep disused gold mine in South Africa.
South Africa: Trapped illegal miners face dire conditions
The government says it will not help' criminals.' For nearly two weeks, South African police have closely monitored an abandoned gold mine at Stilfontein, about 150 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg.
Body pulled from mine after police cut off supplies to 'smoke out' thousands of illegal miners
The body has emerged a day after South Africa's government said it would not be helping the miners - who have had their ...
South African police cut off supplies to illegal miners in a bid to 'smoke them out'
Up to 4,000 illegal miners are estimated to be underground in an abandoned mine while South African authorities try to clear ...