South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 …
1 day ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country’s deepest mines while working illegally.. At least 78 miners were confirmed dead, police said, and 246 survivors ...
At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that
1 day ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa -- Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...
Mponeng Gold Mine - Wikipedia
Mponeng is an ultra-deep tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province. [1] Previously known as Western Deep Levels No1 Shaft, the mine began operations in 1986. [2] It is one of the most substantial gold mines in the world in terms of production and magnitude, reaching over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) below the ...
South Africa gold mine: Rescuers try to free men trapped in mine …
2 days ago · The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger …
8 hours ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday. Authorities faced growing anger and a possible investigation over their initial refusal to help the miners and instead “smoke them out” by cutting off their food supplies.
South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled …
1 day ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 15 (Reuters) - At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what ...
Dozens of bodies retrieved from South Africa mine after months …
1 day ago · Illegal mining is a common practice in South Africa, where more than 30 per cent of people are unemployed.. Migrants and others desperate to make ends meet scour the country's thousands of ...
‘I can’t lose hope’: families await news of trapped miners in South Africa
18 hours ago · “It’s an attack on our economy by foreign nationals in the main,” Gwede Mantashe, the mines minister, said in a press conference on Tuesday, adding that illegal mining had cost South Africa ...
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, …
1 day ago · No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said. At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have ...
Death toll at South African gold mine climbs to 78 die of hunger …
1 day ago · Rescue workers have recovered 78 bodies from a worsening disaster in an abandoned South African gold mine, sparking fierce debate over the government’s handling of a surging number of illegal ...