South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month.
South Africa Says It Won't Help Illegal Miners Inside Closed Mine
Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining deposits.
Hundreds of miners hide deep underground in standoff with South African police
A body was brought out of an abandoned South African gold mine as police tried to evict hundreds of illegal miners hiding out in the workings.
South African government says it won’t help thousands of 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 West province as part of an official policy against illegal mining.
'Smoke them out': South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein,
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 shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to "smoke them out".
What we know about hundreds trapped in abandoned South African gold mines
Several hundred people are believed to be in an illegal mine in South Africa, with the government refusing to help them in a bid to force them to come to the surface. CNN’s Victoria Rubadiri reports.
South Africa is trying to starve 4,000 miners out of an illegal mine
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an abandoned shaft to face arrest.
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.
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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
South African police confirm the partly decomposed body of one miner had been brought to the surface from inside the ...
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‘Even prisoners are not left to die’ — community supports illegal miners as SAPS refuses to assist
Hundreds of illegal miners remain underground at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein after police allegedly cut off their ...
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WATCH | Over 1,000 illegal miners resurface at Stilfontein
STILFONTEIN - Over 1,000 illegal miners have resurfaced from abandoned old shafts in Stilfontein and Orkney in the North ...
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Decomposed body of illegal miner brought to surface at Stilfontein mine [VIDEO]
The decomposed body of an illegal miner has been recovered from the Stilfontein mine in the North West province. It is ...
Police minister heads to Stilfontein as efforts continue to rescue ‘starving and dehydrated’ illegal miners trapped underground
The visit will take place at the Stilfontein area on Friday, November 15 at 10am. Mogotsi added that the SAPS is committed to ...
South African authorities ‘will not help’ workers in closed mine as police block supplies
Some 4,000 miners believed to be suffering from lack of food and water in move by authorities to force them to surface and ...
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Stilfontein community seeks to expedite process to bring up Zama Zamas
Community leader Thembile Botman says illegal miners, who are still stuck in a mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West, cannot resurface on their own as there are no operators on top. This as he ...