South African officials weigh up rescue mission for illegal miners underground
Police say 350-400 people have stayed in Stilfontein mine to avoid arrest after minister vowed to ‘smoke them out’
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
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 industry.
South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for safe recovery of illegal miners stuck underground
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 the miners should be recovered safely.
South African residents try to rescue trapped illegal miners after police refuse help
A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they wouldn't help.
Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners
A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a mine shaft where several hundred are believed to remain after the government cut off vital supplies.
South African government seeks experts’ help to bring illegal miners to the surface
The South African government says 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.
South Africa Says It Won't Help Illegal Miners Inside Closed Mine
Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining deposits.
South Africa Police Standoff With Illegal Gold Miners Escalates
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.
South Africa denies illegal miners food and water to force them out
Officials are blocking access to basic supplies for hundreds of people underground in a northwest mine shaft as part of a crackdown on miners.
Trapped illegal gold miners hold out against police in South Africa
Court seeks to halt blockade on abandoned Stilfontein mine over concerns that hundreds hidden underground are at risk
South Africa Police Try Siege Tactics on Illegal Mining, Igniting Debate
Around the gaping shaft of a disused mine, the South African police on Saturday waited to pounce on anyone trying to escape to the surface. Their siege has gone on for weeks, trying to flush out hundreds of men accused of illegal mining in an abandoned gold mine,
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Police considering rescue mission of illegal gold miners
AUTHORITIES in South Africa are considering whether to rescue potentially thousands of illegal miners in a disused ...
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Lawyer representing illegal miners says Stilfontein standoff is ‘worse than Marikana’
Community members on their way to the mine in Stilfontein, North West, on 19 November 2024, where some of the illegal ...
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Stilfontein Mine: Illegal Miners’ Gauteng High Court Application Postponed
The high court has postponed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for the reportedly ...
Court told Stilfontein illegal miners not trapped, but chose not to resurface
This followed an application on Saturday in which the Society for the Protection of Our Constitution approached the court for ...
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Illegal miners received emergency supplies after court lifts blockade
LOCAL communities have started offering support of emergency supplies to illegal miners trapped in the Buffelsfontein mine, ...
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EMPD pounce on illegal miners
The Boksburg arrests come as the country's security agencies are grappling with an estimated 4000 illegal gold miners who are ...