South African government says it won't help thousands of illegal miners inside a 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 strategy against illegal mining.
Police in South Africa cut off supplies to illegal mining operation with 4,000 workers still inside
Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested.
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 an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month.
Hundreds of miners hide deep underground in standoff with South African police
A body was brought out of an abandoned South African gold mine as police tried to evict hundreds of illegal miners hiding out in the workings.
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 deposits.
'Smoke them out': South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein,
South African Police in Standoff With Hundreds of Illegal Miners in Disused Shaft
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".
What we know about hundreds trapped in abandoned South African gold mines
Several hundred people are believed to be in an illegal mine in South Africa, with the government refusing to help them in a bid to force them to come to the surface. CNN’s Victoria Rubadiri reports.
South Africa is trying to starve 4,000 miners out of an illegal mine
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an abandoned shaft to face arrest.
Zama zamas: ‘My brother, who is on chronic medication, has been underground for three months’
Stilfontein resident, Thandeka Thom said there were no job opportunities in the area and desperation drives many to become ...
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Stilfontein community seeks to expedite process to bring up Zama Zamas
Community leader Thembile Botman says illegal miners, who are still stuck in a mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West, cannot resurface on their own as there are no operators on top. This as he ...
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Decomposed body of illegal miner brought to surface at Stilfontein mine [VIDEO]
The decomposed body of an illegal miner has been recovered from the Stilfontein mine in the North West province. It is ...
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Body of trapped miner retrieved from Stilfontein
The decomposed body of an illegal miner has been recovered from the Stilfontein mine in North West. Local volunteers helped ...
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Stilfontein illegal miners start to emerge
Some 4,500 alleged illegal miners remain underground after more than a thousand of their colleagues surfaced and were ...
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WATCH | Decomposed body of illegal miner brought to surface by Stilfontein locals
The body of an illegal miner has been recovered from the Stilfontein mine in the North West. The decomposed body was ...
Police minister heads to Stilfontein as efforts continue to rescue ‘starving and dehydrated’ illegal miners trapped underground
As the debate rages on about what to do with illegal miners in the North West, the Ministry of Police said it will go to the ...
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‘Even prisoners are not left to die’ — community supports illegal miners as SAPS refuses to assist
Hundreds of illegal miners remain underground at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein after police allegedly cut off their ...