In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
The Associated Press on MSN7d
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tacticsThe death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...
The Associated Press on MSN9d
78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff. Toll is expected to riseRescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
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The South African on MSN6d
South Africa: Manhunt for Stilfontein Underground 'Kingpin' After Escaping Police CustodyNorth West Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng, has ordered maximum resources to be mobilised in ...
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies to the miners working illegally in the mine's tunnels. The tactic ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
Rescuers attempt to bring out survivors among hundreds trapped in a South African minePolice said they are uncertain how many remain, but it is likely to be hundreds. The mine near the town of Stilfontein, ...
With the sheer numbers of illegal miners turning up dead, a small town like Klerksdorp doesn't appear to have capacity to accommodate the rising death toll.
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