More than 4 000 illegal miners remain trapped amid Operation Val’ Umgodi in Stilfontein
There is still at least 4 000 illegal miners still trapped inside one of the abandoned mine shaft which is the centre of ...
EWN Sport51m
Miners underground: It's a wait-and-see game as SAPS await their emergence
Last week, more than 1,000 of the illegal miners emerged from a mine shaft in Orkney, after running out of food and water and ...
South African government says no to rescue trapped illegal miners
South Africa's government refuses to aid illegal miners trapped in closed mine, part of crackdown on illegal mining.
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AMCU hits out at govt for wasting 'our scarce resources' on fighting illegal mining
The body of one illegal miner has also been retrieved amid concerns that food and water supplies to the underground illegal ...
The Globe and Mail58m
South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners inside a closed mine
The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies ...
The Citizen1h
‘Illegal mining changed my brother, he was a gangster,’ says sister of one of the miners
Community members rally to rescue estimated 4 000 illegal miners trapped in abandoned Stilfontein shaft, amid desperation and fear.