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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.
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 ...
The Stilfontein massacre: A crime of the ANC and South African capitalism
These 78 workers were murdered by the ANC government. Its barbarous actions are a devastating indictment of bourgeois ...
'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 ...
Briefly on MSN6d
Mantashe Says Government Not Responsible for Stilfontein Deaths, States That Miners Went Voluntarily
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe, has hit back at accusations that the government is to blame for the ...
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Stilfontein mine: ANC says deaths regrettable, but rule of law must apply
Last week, rescue operators retrieved 78 bodies of suspected illegal miners at the disused Buffelsfontein gold mine in the ...
News2411d
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 ...
Daily Maverick on MSN15d
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 ...