buffelsfontein south africa

60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa

Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?

South Africa's president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff.

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by depriving them of food and water.

LEADERSHIP Newspaper · 3d

100 Illegal Miners Dead, 500 Trapped In South Africa’s Buffelsfontein Mine

At least 100 illegal miners have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped underground for months in an abandoned gold mine in North

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Trapped in Despair: The Illegal Mine Dilemma at Buffelsfontein

The Buffelsfontein gold mine in South Africa has become a grim site with dozens of illegal miners dead and more trapped ...

The EastAfrican3h

In illegal mining war, South Africa skirting grim lack of jobs reality

The latest tragedy has seen at least 78 bodies and over 200 survivors brought to the surface from a mine in Stilfontein.

AllAfrica.com4h

South Africa: Stilfontein Must Not Be Another Marikana, President Ramaphosa

Opinion - Official communiqués have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State's representatives neither know nor care that the Buffelsfontein mine was ...

Africanews English on MSN1d

South Africa: Authorities to end search operations

Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.

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