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South Africa, gold mine

The Associated Press on MSN · 5h

Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police ‘smoke them out’ tactics

The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.

The Washington Post · 19h

Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87

At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine

60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by depriving them of food and water.

South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from illegal mine

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a "horrific" crackdown on desperate people trying to eke out a living.

South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.

Stilfontein: Police say no illegal miners remain underground, courts will determine who’s responsible for deaths

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal ...

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The Stilfontein massacre: a crime of the ANC and South African capitalism

These 78 workers were murdered by the ANC government. Its barbarous actions are a devastating indictment of bourgeois ...

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Volunteers say Stilfontein shaft littered with body parts of miners who fell and died while trying to resurface

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee said even though all surviving miners have been rescued, the shaft is littered with body ...

After hours of scanning, Stilfontein rescue teams say no more signs of illegal miners underground

A technical team driving an operation to shutdown an illicit mining network sent high-tech equipment down shaft 11 earlier on ...

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Mine Standoff That Saw Hundreds Trapped Ends With 87 Declared Dead

More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

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Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

Zimbabwean officials roped in to ID, repatriate remains of illegal Stilfontein miners

Undocumented Zimbabwean nationals are among more than 80 zama zamas who died at the Buffelsfontein gold mine when police ...

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Stilfontein tragedy sparks outrage: MACUA, ATM and SAFTU demand accountability for miner's deaths

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has slammed government over its handling of the Stilfontein tragedy, ...

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