Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
The Associated Press on MSN11d
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold ...
allAfrica.com on MSN8d
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 ...
Trapped Illegal Miners in South Africa Eating 'Parts of Legs, Arms, And Ribs' to Survive: Report
At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...
The Associated Press on MSN9d
Rescue camera gave officials a view of hundreds of miners in South Africa trapped in shaft
Late last year, a specialized mine rescue camera was lowered into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...
South Africa's mining industry reports lowest number of deaths last year
South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on Thursday.
Al Jazeera English15d
‘Massacre’: Did South Africa starve dozens of trapped miners to death?
Other times, informal miners have targeted functional mines. Operations like these have existed for decades and cost South Africa $1bn yearly in lost revenue. They are carried out almost entirely ...
Human Rights Watch9d
Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
fail to respect South Africa’s constitutional guarantees to which all are entitled. The surviving miners need prompt, adequate medical care, and the government should establish a commission of ...
Daily Express US on MSN4d
Illegal miners in South Africa 'resorted to cannibalism' during police stand-off
Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...