Zama zamas: ‘My brother, who is on chronic medication, has been underground for three months’
Stilfontein resident, Thandeka Thom said there were no job opportunities in the area and desperation drives many to become ...
South Africa: Govt Denies Help to Trapped Illegal Miners in Stilfontein
A group of illegal miners within a closed mine in the North West province of South Africa have been refused access to basic supplies as part of the government's declared campaign against illicit ...
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South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...
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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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SA won’t help 4,000 illegal miners stuck in closed mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help about 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West ...
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 ...
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South Africa shuts down supply chains to thousands of illegal miners
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'We will smoke them out': South Africa seeks arrest of illegal miners hiding underground
The miners have been in a shaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month and have refused to cooperate ...
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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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South African government refuses to help hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...
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 ...