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 dead from a South African mine where police blocked food and water supplies for months in what trade unions described as a "horrific" state crackdown on desperate people trying to eke out a living.
60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa, many more trapped
Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, police pulled out 60 bodies as part of a search-and-rescue effort,
At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine, group says
A group representing informal miners in South Africa says least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out.
Death Toll at Illegal Mining Operation in South Africa Hits 51
The number of illegal miners who’ve died in a months-long standoff with the South African authorities increased to 51, the security forces said.Most Read from BloombergThese Homes Withstood the LA Fires.
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
At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says
A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out.
South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors
By Nellie Peyton and Siyabonga Sishi STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations,
South African Police: 118 Illegal Miners Extracted From Stilfontein Mine, 36 of Those Dead
One hundred and eighteen illegal miners have been extracted from the Stilfontein mine in South Africa on Monday and Tuesday as part of a rescue operation, of which 36 were certified as dead, police said in a statement on Tuesday.
78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff. Toll is expected to rise
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
Johannesburg set to welcome the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere
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Sixty bodies retrieved from closed South African gold mine
South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than 2 km (1.2 miles) ...
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Several Gauteng areas set to be affected by Rand Water’s 24-hour maintenance
Rand Water's planned 24-hour maintenance will affect parts of Gauteng metro municipalities, such as Johannesburg and Tshwane.
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Qantas delays South Africa flights due to risk from SpaceX rockets' re-entry
Australian flag carrier Qantas has had to delay several flights on the Sydney-Johannesburg route over the past few weeks on ...