South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know
15 hours ago · 18 Nov 2024. Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face arrest ...
Stilfontein mine: Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid …
5 days ago · An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in ...
Miners holed up in abandoned South Africa shaft ‘starving’
1 day ago · 17 Nov 2024. Two men have been pulled out from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa after a court ordered the police to lift a blockade and allow the rescue of hundreds of workers believed to be ...
South Africa police vow to arrest illegal miners at Stilfontein - BBC
2 days ago · BBC News. Reuters. South African police say they will continue to arrest any illegal miners who emerge from a disused gold mine where hundreds, possibly thousands, of people are in hiding. This ...
4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff ... - CBS News
4 days ago · South African police confirm the partly decomposed body of one miner had been brought to the surface from inside the Stilfontein mine in the country's North West province Thursday morning. Five...
Court orders South Africa police to end mine stand-off | CNN
2 days ago · The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, said in an interim ruling that all miners underground in the mine in Stilfontein should be allowed to leave and no one should block their exit, according ...
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa ...
4 days ago · Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies and refused to help them, in a dramatic bid to crack down on the...
South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal …
3 days ago · Updated 11:03 AM PST, November 15, 2024. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine. The move signaled the government was taking a more conciliatory approach compared to ...
South Africa Police Standoff With Illegal Gold Miners Escalates
15 hours ago · 1:40. The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed up in underground shafts to the surface so they can be arrested. The police sealed off access to ...
South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for safe recovery of illegal miners ...
19 hours ago · South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft and ...