South African Police Lower Cage Into Mine to Check if Anyone Left After 78 Died
South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there after a months-long siege by authorities in which at least 78 miners died.
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Stilfontein Crisis Committee is contemplating charging the government with murder following the discovery of over 70 miners.
As the cage reached a depth of 1,280 meters, Charles and Mkwayi were confronted with scenes that may haunt them forever.
The bodies of 78 zama zamas were recovered from the Buffelsfontein gold mine this week during a government-led operation to ...
Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...
These 78 workers were murdered by the ANC government. Its barbarous actions are a devastating indictment of bourgeois ...
Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show nobody was left underground, after 78 bodies and more than 200 miners were ...
Undocumented Zimbabwean nationals are among more than 80 zama zamas who died at the Buffelsfontein gold mine when police ...
In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...
Police have said they are uncertain exactly how many illegal miners remain underground at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine near the northern town of Stilfontein, but it’s likely to be hundreds.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the deaths of the Stilfontein illegal miners are reminiscent of the ...
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