Illegal miners ‘starving’ underground in stand-off with S. African cops; decomposed body taken out
The police are limiting food and water supplies to force out the hundreds of people believed to be in a disused shaft. Read ...
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‘Zama zamas’ ‘starving’ underground at Silfontein mine in SA standoff
Illegal miners at a disused SA shaft are starving because police are limiting supplies in an attempt to force out those ...
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 ...
SAfrica Court Orders End To Police Blockade Of Illegal Miners
A South African court on Saturday ordered an end to the police blockade of a former gold mine, where hundreds, possibly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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South Africa refuses to help 4,000 underground miners in an attempt to curb illegal mining
The South African government has refused to help an estimated 4,000 miners illegally occupying an underground mine in Stilfontein, attempting to “smoke them out” and crack down on illegal mining.
Illegal miners trapped in abandoned mine in South Africa's Stilfontein; govt seeks experts' help
The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan ...
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 gov't says they won't help miners still inside closed mine
South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official ...