Siege at Stilfontein: The Human Cost of South Africa's Crackdown on Illegal Mining
The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege at a Stilfontein gold mine. As the rescue mission continues, 132 survivors have already been arrested,
An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by ...
South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
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Stilfontein must not be another Marikana, President RamaphosaOfficial communiqués have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State’s ...
With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the ...
South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mnatashe, visited the area yesterday, to monitor ...
We will stay here until we have taken out all the people who are willing to climb into the cage,' says Mannas Fourie, CEO of ...
One hundred and eighteen illegal miners have been extracted from the Stilfontein mine in South Africa on Monday and Tuesday ...
As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...
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The ‘surrender or starve’ saga in Stilfontein is a chronicle of deaths foretoldStarvation’ was the terminology used by the police – it was the goal, and the ghastly results are now emerging from the depths.
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