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Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
Mining ringleader escaped during S Africa disaster ‘with help from officers’
Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police ...
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...
Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...
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Death and desperation in SA’s illegal gold mines
The national crackdown against illegal mining began in late 2023, in part spurred by the rise of violent crime in communities ...
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 ...
Death and Desperation in South Africa's Illegal Gold Mines
Standing near the rim of a nearly 2-mile deep shaft, Zinzi Tom waited for word of her brother as the authorities began a long ...
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Mining ringleader escaped during S Africa disaster ‘with help from officers’
Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine south west of Johannesburg, police said. In total, 87 of them died underground, with 78 bodies retrieved in ...
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Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
Nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine southwest of Johannesburg, police said. In total, 87 of them died underground, with 78 bodies retrieved in ...