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Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine
Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff.
Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine After Standoff With Authorities
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve them out.
Next Africa: How the South African Mining Tragedy Unfolded
South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil rights groups said at least 100 people died from starvation after the mine was sealed off by the security forces to deny those underground access to food to force them to the surface.
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South African miner describes horrors for those who spent months underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
Africanews English on MSN
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South Africa authorities face scrutiny over mine response
South African authorities face growing anger over their handling of a standoff with illegal miners trapped in an abandoned ...
Newsday
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At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine, group says
JOHANNESBURG — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned
gold mine
in
South
Africa
have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out ...
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South African police announce sudden end of mine rescue operation, say all bodies and survivors out
South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors ...
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