South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 …
2 days ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country’s deepest mines while working illegally.. At least 78 miners were confirmed dead, police said, and 246 survivors ...
Stilfontein mine deaths - Wikipedia
2 days ago · The Stilfontein gold mine in North West Province was once a major gold producer but ceased operations in 2013. [1] [2] Since its closure, it has been a site for illicit mining activity, with zama zamas attempting to extract remaining gold deposits in the abandoned shafts. [3]South African authorities began a siege of the mine in August 2024, cutting off food, water and medicine supplies, in an ...
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with …
3 days ago · An aerial view of a mine shaft where an estimated 4000 illegal miners are trapped in a disused mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, on November 13, 2024. AP video
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, …
No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said. ... This includes the mine in Stilfontein, some 145km ...
Stilfontein: Police say no illegal miners remain underground, …
1 day ago · Authorities have claimed that no illegal miners remain underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West. The government-funded rescue mission, led by the Mine Rescue Services ...
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: 'Mammoth task' to identify bodies ...
1 day ago · A rescue cage had been making trips down a shaft to reach the miners thought to be at least 2km (1.2 miles) underground. Many of the survivors had been without food and water since November ...
High court orders immediate rescue of trapped Stilfontein miners …
3 days ago · South Africa's High Court has mandated the immediate rescue of trapped miners at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, highlighting systemic failures in the mining sector and the urgent need for reform
South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors
3 days ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 14 (Reuters) - South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, police said on ...
South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground
Nov 23, 2024 · Over the past several weeks, the zama-zamas at Stilfontein have been locked in a standoff with police, who surrounded the entrance to the mine shaft and blocked off their food supplies in an...
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 arrest by security ...
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