South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
Next Africa: How the South African Mining Tragedy Unfolded
South African rescue workers retrieved 78 bodies from a disused gold mine in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal extractors have been involved in a months-long standoff with the authorities. Civil ...
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Destitute South Africans and migrants risk their lives in illegal mines—and are exploited by criminal gangs
In the small town of Stilfontein, some 90 miles from the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, hundreds, possibly thousands, of illegal miners—locally called zama zamas (which can be translated as ...
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Centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along South Africa’s West Coast
In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...
S.Africa Rescuers Say Clearance Of Clandestine Miners Now Over
Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...