South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from besieged mine
By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -At least 78 illegal miners have been pulled out ...
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 ...
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South African government faces criticism as mining siege death toll rises to 60
The South African government faced growing criticism on Wednesday over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners who were ...
60 Dead At Illegal S.African Mine: Police
Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal miners, police said Wednesday.
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Siege at Stilfontein: The Human Cost of South Africa's Crackdown on Illegal Mining
The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege ...
Death toll from South African mine siege rises to 78, rescued now at 166
South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...
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 ...
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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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Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought emaciated survivors to the surface Tuesday with hundreds more ...
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Crackdown at Stilfontein: The War on Illegal Mining in South Africa
In South Africa, authorities have retrieved at least 60 bodies from the Stilfontein gold mine following a siege aimed at ...
South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors
South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of ...