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 ...
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Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground
STILFONTEIN, South Africa, - Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South Africa on Friday in the hope of their loved ...
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Body Removed From S.Africa Mine In Illegal Mining Standoff
A body was brought out Thursday of an abandoned gold mine shaft in South Africa where hundreds of illegal miners were believed to be underground, facing arrest if they surface, police said.
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Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared stuck underground
It was unclear if those remaining in the mine in Stilfontein, North West province, were unwilling or unable to get out of the shaft, which descends vertically for more than 2 km (1.2 miles ...
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Families Gather at South African Mine Shaft Where Hundreds Are Feared Underground
Families Gather at South African Mine Shaft Where Hundreds Are Feared Underground By Thando Hlophe STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to ...
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Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared stuck underground
Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft in South Africa waited outside the site on Friday in the hope that their loved ones would ...
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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were believed to be sick and increasingly weak inside an abandoned mine shaft Thursday.
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Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
MACUA national coordinator Mbangula said the government should instead go after mine owners who leave their disused shafts open ... sure they put food on the table.” Police spokesperson ...
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Body of an illegal miner retrieved from mine shaft in Stilfontein
JOHANNESBURG - The body of an illegal miner has been retrieved from an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West. This is the first body retrieved since the beginning of an impasse ...