Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners
A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners and allow emergency workers to gain access to a shaft where hundreds are believed to be holed up. The High Court in Pretoria,
South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know
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 arrest by security officials in a tense standoff that has continued for weeks.
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.
Illegal miners ‘starving’ underground in stand-off with S. African cops; decomposed body taken out
The police are limiting food and water supplies to force out the hundreds of people believed to be in a disused shaft. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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.
SAfrica Court Orders End To Police Blockade Of Illegal Miners
A South African court on Saturday ordered an end to the police blockade of a former gold mine, where hundreds, possibly thousands, of illegal miners are thought to be underground.
Police vow to arrest South African miners as standoff continues
A court says emergency workers must be allowed to enter a mine where hundreds are thought to be without food and water.
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
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Illegal miners received emergency supplies after court lifts blockade
LOCAL communities have started offering support of emergency supplies to possibly hundreds of illegal miners trapped in the ...
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Solution sought to safely remove illegal miners
Police minister Senzo Mchunu says an intergovernmental team and community leaders must meet to devise a practical strategy to ...
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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 ...