South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
'Trying to kill us': Stilfontein illegal miner recalls police siege
Distressing content warningClement Moeletsi is one of hundreds rescued from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa.That's ...
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Editorial | Stilfontein: Justice without mercy is inhumane
it led led mob attacks in the area where anyone who looked remotely like a zama zama was assaulted and evicted from their homes. In addition to this much-publicised horrific rape saga, numerous ...
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‘The smell of death was everywhere’ – Stilfontein mine volunteers recount rescue mission
As the cage reached a depth of 1 280 meters, Mandla Charles and Mzwandile Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.
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“The smell of death was everywhere” – Stilfontein mine rescue ends
As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.
Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
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Stilfontein body count mounts as 51 corpses hauled from mine, 106 rescued
As day two of the 10-to-16-day operation to rescue illegal miners trapped underground at the Buffelsfontein gold mine just outside Stilfontein came to a close on Tuesday evening, 14 January, the ...
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South Africa: 'The Smell of Death Was Everywhere' - Stilfontein Mine Rescue Ends
On Monday, as the formal rescue operation commenced to retrieve miners from an abandoned mineshaft in Stilfontein ... helmet forever and hang it in my house and when I am old I will show it ...