South African government says it won’t help thousands of illegal miners facing hunger inside closed mine
The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, and water after police closed ...
Police in South Africa cut off supplies to illegal mining operation with 4,000 workers still inside
Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...
South Africa is trying to starve 4,000 miners out of an illegal mine
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...
South African rand stable after big losses, mining data ahead
South Africa's rand was stable early on Thursday after trading turbulently in the days after Donald Trump's U.S. election win ...
'Smoke them out': South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...
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South African police cut off supplies to illegal miners in a bid to 'smoke them out'
Illegal mining is a decades-old problem in South Africa's old gold mining areas, with miners entering closed shafts to dig ...
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to ...
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Standoff in the Depths: South Africa's Battle Against Illegal Mining
South African police are involved in a standoff with illegal miners in a disused shaft, amidst efforts to curb illegal mining across the nation. Police have been cutting off supplies, leading to over ...