South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners inside a closed mine
Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the ...
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 cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...
'We will smoke them out': South Africa seeks arrest of illegal miners hiding underground
Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government ...
Should government rescue illegal miners in Stilfontein or ‘smoke them out’? South Africans weigh in
SAPS and SANDF’s Operation Vala Umgodi has seen over 1,000 illegal miners surface at Stilfontein in the North West.
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Police waiting for thousands of illegal miners to surface from unstable Stilfontein mine shaft
JOHANNESBURG - Thousands of illegal miners remain below ground in an unstable mining shaft in Stilfontein, in the North West, as police wait for them to surface. Last week, more than 1,000 miners ...
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Community outcry over Operation Vala Umgodi’s treatment of illegal miners
In this operation in Orkney, SAPS officers are seen confiscating food, water, alcohol, and necessities meant for illegal ... of Stilfontein and Orkney. The operation has seen almost 600 miners ...
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More illegal miners surge from shafts as police crackdown intensifies
In a significant escalation of activities related to illegal mining, more than 1 000 illicit miners, commonly referred to as zama zamas, have resurfaced from abandoned shafts in Stilfontein ...