Trapped miners ‘resort to cannibalism’ after police block their food and water
The two survivors speak quietly as they recount how emaciated miners broke the ultimate taboo to avoid dying of hunger.
Trapped miners ‘resort to cannibalism’ after police fail to ‘smoke them out’
The deaths follow a lengthy stand-off between South African police and illegal miners who were trespassing in disused gold ...
Illegal gold miners resorted to CANNIBALISM gorging on legs, arms & ribs while sealed underground during police siege
SURVIVORS who were trapped in one of the deepest gold mines in South Africa have spoken out about turning to cannibalism to ...
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Illegal miners in South Africa 'resorted to cannibalism' during police stand-off
Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...
The Washington Post12d
60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped
South African authorities began their operation at the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein ... In a resource-rich country ...
Rescue camera gave officials a view of hundreds of miners in South Africa trapped in shaft
A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft ...
The Citizen28d
Human rights organisation approaches ConCourt to prevent cannibalism at Stilfontein mine
Macua added that the high court’s decision to not force the government and the Buffelsfontein mine to ... ALSO READ: Stilfontein illegal miners resort to cannibalism as relief efforts begin ...
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Monday Morning Spice
[news24] Trapped Zama Zamas Resort To Cannibalism ‘Out Of Desperation’, Freed Miners Tell ConCourt – Two illegal miners who resurfaced from the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein on Christmas Day ...
The Africa Report13d
South Africa: 109 dead, and counting, as police try to force artisanal miners to surface
Hundreds, if not thousands, of miners have been trapped underground at a disused mine in South Africa for weeks as a police ...
Trapped miners 'resorted to CANNIBALISM to survive': Survivors of South African horror describe how men 'cut parts of legs, arms and ribs for sustenance'
Of the 324 people pulled out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 78 had perished from starvation or dehydration. The illegal ...