Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa
The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew criticism from human rights groups.
South Africa vows to arrest trapped miners
South African officials will arrest hundreds of miners trapped in an abandoned illegal gold mine, the country’s mining minister said, despite a judge’s warning that the ordeal risks turning into “the darkest point” in the country’s history following dozens of deaths.
Why Hundreds of Miners Are Still Trapped and Feared Starving in an Abandoned South Africa Mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from illegal South African mine as hundreds remain underground
Rescuers have sent a cagelike structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds of miners working illegally in an abandoned shaft who have been trapped for
Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from the surface for a time. Hundreds are thought to remain underground.
100 people reportedly dead in South African mine as rescues continue
Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their access to food and water.
South Africa: Survivors, corpses pulled from gold mine
South African authorities lifted the bodies of 36 people from an abandoned gold mine, police have said. Hundreds more people could be underground following a monthslong effort to force them out of the mine.
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