Police said 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 survivors also pulled out from deep ...
Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.
In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
“This tragedy is eerily reminiscent of the Marikana massacre, where 34 miners were killed by live ammunition in a ...
cost South Africa R70-billion a year in lost investments and assets, is also forgetting that history. Read more: The ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...