Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months.
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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped ...
The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
No more miners trapped underground in South Africa, volunteers say
No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...
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South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
But activists said that would involve a dangerous trek underground that could take days ... miners to enter in a search for ...
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police ‘smoke them out’ tactics
Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground as part of a union dispute are leaving a gold mine in South Africa. Oct.
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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 ...
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South Africa: Death toll rises to 60 in S Africa's abandoned gold mine disaster, with rescue efforts ongoing
Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...
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South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
It was unclear exactly how long the miners were underground for ... after being rescued from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfonteinin, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. Credit: AP/Themba ...
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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday ... up to 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) underground and desperately needed food, water ...