Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
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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 ...
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine
The mine has been the scene of a tense standoff between police and miners since authorities launched an operation to force ...
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Deadly Shadows Underground: The Buffelsfontein Gold Mine Crisis
A critical rescue operation at South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine is underway, attempting to save illegal miners trapped for months. Despite efforts, over 100 miners have died of starvation or ...
Hundreds dead in South African gold mine as urgent rescue mission launched
Hundreds dead in South African gold mine as urgent rescue mission launched - The mine near the town of Stilfontein has been ...
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‘Surrender or starve’: Siege outside South African gold mine taken over by criminal gangs
South Africa was once the world’s ... police officers have formed blockades around Buffelsfontein, a former gold and uranium-producing mine where zama zamas have long operated.
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South Africa: Government Needs to Step Up to Deal With the Buffelsfontein Zama Zamas
The saga of illegal miners reportedly trapped underground at the Buffelsfontein mine in North West has ... That is not how a democratic South Africa, subscribing to human rights, should behave.
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The South African gold mines taken over by criminal gangs
South Africa was once the world’s ... police officers have formed blockades around Buffelsfontein, a former gold and uranium-producing mine where zama zamas have long operated.
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Stilfontein illegal miners are ‘eating human flesh’ and cockroaches to survive, rescued miners tell ConCourt
The NGO Mining Affected Communities United in Action wants the court to sanction police and other government actors. Meanwhile, government lawyers argue that the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine should be ...