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

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national 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.

Charleston Gazette-Mail · 16h

Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at

Yahoo · 1d

Why South Africa wants to jail miners trapped underground for months

More than 70 people have reportedly died while trapped in a mine after a monthlong standoff with the South African government over illegal mining. CBS News' Chris Livesay has more.

The Associated Press on MSN · 5d

At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine, group says

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried

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Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...

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North West serial rapist gets three life terms for raping a minor and three women

According to the SAPS, Zozi continued his predatory ways when he met and raped an18-year-old woman in August 2021, who was on ...

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North West Girl, 16, Discovered in Shallow Grave Beaten to Death, Killer at Large

Police exhumed the body of a 16-year-old teenage girl from a shallow grave at a village in Pudimoe near Taung in North West.

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South Africa: Death toll rises to 60 in S Africa's abandoned gold mine disaster, with rescue efforts ongoing

Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...

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‘We are not even dealing with South Africans’: Deputy Police Minister Polly Boshielo says Stilfontein sets wrong precedent

On Wednesday, IOL also reported that South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has castigated government for the ...

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Heavy Rains Flood North West Hospitals, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi Visits Area After Patients Are Evacuated

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi visited the General De La Rey Hospital in the North West after heavy rains in the North ...

The Citizen6d

North West municipality promises to work with community to solve water and electricity woes

Residents in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality resorted to protests to show their displeasure at the lack of water and ...

Mining Weekly3d

Centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along South Africa’s West Coast

In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...

Independent Online2d

North West dams see major water level increases after recent rainfall

The Department of Water and Sanitation has welcomed the improved dam levels in the North West province. In 2024, the province experienced a severe drought. This week, the department said the ...

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