South Africa's Stilfontein mine: The blockaded shaft where …
Jan 18, 2025 · In November, police stepped up efforts at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, surrounding the entrance to the shaft and refusing to let food and water go down. Before the …
Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as …
Jan 17, 2025 · Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender? Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners …
South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know
Nov 18, 2024 · Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face …
Stilfontein mine deaths - Wikipedia
Beginning in August 2024, a siege, conducted by South African authorities, occurred at a closed gold mine in Stilfontein. The siege has resulted in the deaths of at least 78 illegal miners.
Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark …
Jan 18, 2025 · In November, police stepped up efforts at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, surrounding the entrance to the shaft and refusing to let food and water go down. Before the …
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 …
Jan 16, 2025 · South Africa’s Police minister Senzo Mchunu, center, attempts talking to family members and activists after visiting an abandoned gold mine, where miners are rescued from …
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, …
Jan 15, 2025 · At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have been pulled out since Monday after a court ordered the government to facilitate rescue operations at the mine, the …
South Africa gold mine: Rescuers try to free men trapped in mine …
Jan 15, 2025 · At least 51 bodies and 106 survivors have been pulled from the Stilfontein mine, South African police said Wednesday, with many more feared trapped inside.
‘I saw people starve to death around me’, says illegal miner
Jan 16, 2025 · Of the 121 illegal miners deported from Stilfontein, 80 were Mozambicans, 30 Basotho, 10 Zimbabweans and one Malawian, The 46 miners that were found guilty of illegal …
Stilfontein's dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
Nov 19, 2024 · A few weeks ago, a warning message typed by the authorities and translated into Sesotho, Xhosa and Tsonga circulated among illegal miners in Stilfontein, urging people …