South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, with more than 100 ...
Food and other supplies were cut off to those inside the mine by local authorities who want the miners to surrender to police because they were mining illegally.
Authorities, who removed the ropes and pulley system miners used ... Rescuers work to retrieve miners from ground in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa on Tuesday.
Civic groups claim authorities also removed the ropes and pulley systems that ... South Africa has an estimated 6,000 abandoned mines. The South African government has taken a hard-line approach ...
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ... who removed the ropes and pulley ...
Civic groups claim authorities also removed the ropes and pulley systems that ... South Africa has an estimated 6,000 abandoned mines. The South African government has taken a hard-line approach ...
Authorities, who removed the ropes and pulley system miners used to enter and ... Rescuers work to retrieve miners from ground in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa on ...