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South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know
1 month, 1 week ago

South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Police officials surrounded the mine and cut off suppliers to the illegal miners, hoping to force them out. Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face arrest by security officials in a tense standoff that has continued for weeks. Earlier …

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Court orders South Africa police to end mine stand-off
1 month, 1 week ago

Court orders South Africa police to end mine stand-off

CNN  

CNN — A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners and allow emergency workers to gain access to a shaft where hundreds are believed to be holed up. On Friday, the South African Human Rights Commission said in a statement it was investigating the police for restricting the miners’ essential supplies. The South African Police …

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South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
1 month, 1 week ago

South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft

Hindustan Times  

JOHANNESBURG, - 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". South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft Police have been trying for weeks to empty …

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Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
1 month, 1 week ago

Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know

CNN  

CNN — Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies and refused to help them, in a dramatic bid to crack down on the industry. South Africa’s Federation of Trade Unions said it was “extremely concerned” that the situation “may end in a tragedy.” “Cutting off food …

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Man rescued from mine after becoming trapped in shaft at Coober Pedy opal field
11 months, 1 week ago

Man rescued from mine after becoming trapped in shaft at Coober Pedy opal field

ABC  

A man has been taken to hospital with injuries including a fractured leg after he was rescued from a mine shaft outside Coober Pedy in South Australia's far north, emergency services have said. Key points: Emergency services were called to Coober Pedy's Nine Mile opal field last night A person who had become trapped down a mine was rescued after …

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South Africa says 31 illegal miners believed killed in explosion in May, only now coming to light
1 year, 6 months ago

South Africa says 31 illegal miners believed killed in explosion in May, only now coming to light

The Independent  

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31 die in abandoned South African gold mine
1 year, 6 months ago

31 die in abandoned South African gold mine

The Hindu  

At least 31 people, suspected to be illegal miners, are believed to have died last month in an abandoned South African gold mine, the government said on Friday. The fatalities are believed to be illegal miners who had come from neighbouring Lesotho, a tiny kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa, it said. "We are receiving reports that other suspected illegal …

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S Africa probes deaths of 31 Lesotho miners in May explosion
1 year, 6 months ago

S Africa probes deaths of 31 Lesotho miners in May explosion

Al Jazeera  

At least 31 people are believed to have died in a gas explosion in a disused mine shaft in South Africa’s Free State province that happened on May 18 but has only now come to light, authorities said on Friday. The dead are believed to be from neighbouring Lesotho – which reported the incident to South African authorities – and …

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