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 ...
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 ...
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South Africa blocking rescue of miners is ‘tantamount to murder’
The state of South Africa is denying thousands of miners access to food and water, putting their lives at risk ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Illegal Miners Battling To Survive South Africa Standoff
Community members are searched by South African Police Service (SAPS) officers before entering the mine shaft to negotiate with artisanal miners underground to resurface in Stilfontein on November 13, ...
4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...
Trapped illegal gold miners hold out against police in South Africa
Court seeks to halt blockade on abandoned Stilfontein mine over concerns that hundreds hidden underground are at risk ...
Protesters Demand Return of Illegal Miners in South Africa
A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who ...
South Africa won’t help illegal miners inside closed mine: ‘smoke them out’
Police closed off the entrances for moving supplies underground, cutting off miners’ supplies to force them to resurface for ...