'We will smoke them out': South Africa seeks arrest of illegal miners hiding underground
Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government ...
South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in ...
South Africa is trying to starve 4,000 miners out of an illegal mine
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...
Police spokesperson calls rescue attempt of trapped miners ‘unsafe’
South Africa's government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North ...
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 ...
Police in South Africa cut off supplies to illegal mining operation with 4,000 workers still inside
Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...
Illegal gold miners stranded underground by South Africa government
The South African government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an ...
Illegal miners trapped underground in South Africa with rescue efforts delayed by rains
An estimated 4,000 illegal miners are still trapped underground at an unused mine in Stilfontein, North West Province of ...
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to ...
South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners inside a closed mine
South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official ...
South Africa won’t help illegal miners inside closed mine: ‘smoke them out’
Police closed off the entrances for moving supplies underground, cutting off miners’ supplies to force them to resurface for ...