Zama zamas: police brutality won’t end it
Horrendous images of the emaciated figures of the living and the dead as they were brought to the surface at Stilfontein show ...
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Stilfontein Illegal Miner Describes Tiger As Brutal Henchman, States He Wasn’t a Kingpin As Claimed
An illegal miner who was at Stilfontein described James Neo Tshoaeli, also known as Tiger, as a brutal henchman, but ...
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Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
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Top 10 stories of the day: Expropriation Bill signed into law | Principal killed, wife injured | Mbedu lands another role
News today includes President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday signed the Expropriation Bill into law. Meanwhile, the Thursday ...
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Stilfontein Kingpin Remains on the Loose, SAPS Investigation Zeroes In on Officers Who Were on Duty
The South African Police Service is investigating members who were on duty the day that an illegal mining kingpin escaped ...
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Informal Mining in South Africa Is Here to Stay. Police Brutality Won't End It - Here's What Will [analysis]
In mid-January 2024 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein ... Television stations and social media feeds carried horrendous images of the emaciated figures ...
'No escape': Stilfontein miners are in isolated ward, with heavy police presence and security guards
North West Department of Health confirms that all illegal miners hospitalised in Stilfontein are stable but under heavy guard as authorities search for a fugitive kingpin ...