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 at a Stilfontein gold mine. As the rescue mission continues, 132 survivors have already been arrested,
Police are investigating claims of kidnapping and torture made against the alleged kingpins of the illicit mining operation ...
South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...
An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by ...
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Two retrieved bodies in Stilfontein mine have been identifiedTwo bodies of illegal miners recovered underground at the Stilfontein mine shaft have been identified. Police spokesperson ...
With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the ...
South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...
As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...
We will stay here until we have taken out all the people who are willing to climb into the cage,' says Mannas Fourie, CEO of ...
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mnatashe, visited the area yesterday, to monitor ...
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Stilfontein must not be another Marikana, President RamaphosaOfficial communiqués have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State’s ...
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