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The Washington Post on MSN · 9h

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.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

South African police: 118 illegal miners extracted from Stilfontein mine, 36 of those dead

One hundred and eighteen illegal miners have been extracted from the Stilfontein mine in South Africa on Monday and Tuesday as part of a rescue operation, of which 36 were certified as dead, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

Body Count From South African Mine Rescue Operation Rises to 60

Rescued miners are seen as they are processed by police after being rescued at the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months,

The Boston Globe · 1h

South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors

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.

10hon MSN

78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff. Toll is expected to rise

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

No sign of life at Stilfontein shaft as rescue operation winds down

An operation to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein which began on Monday has led to the extraction of 324 people by ...

Daily Maverick on MSN1h

Stilfontein must not be another Marikana, President Ramaphosa

Official communiqués have reduced the Stilfontein dead and emaciated to children of a lesser God, as if the State’s ...

13h

Death toll from South African mine siege rises to 78, rescued now at 166

South African rescuers have so far pulled 78 bodies and rescued 166 people from the Stilfontein gold mine over three days of ...

Stilfontein illicit gold trade: Police probing how the mineral changes hands from mine to market

With growing concerns about the rise of illegal mining in the area, Stilfontein is now believed to be the epicentre of the ...

Mail & Guardian13h

Survivors, corpses pulled from Stilfontein mine in ongoing operation

Since the start of operations to clear the mine, explosives, firearms, R52.49 million in cash, refined gold and gold-bearing ...

devdiscourse13h

Siege at Stilfontein: The Human Cost of South Africa's Crackdown on Illegal Mining

The South African government faces criticism over the deaths of at least 60 unlicenced miners trapped during a police siege ...

Stilfontein illegal miners: 'We are dying by the hour'

We will stay here until we have taken out all the people who are willing to climb into the cage,' says Mannas Fourie, CEO of ...

WATCH | Illegal Mining | Day 3 of rescue operations in Stilfontein

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mnatashe, visited the area yesterday, to monitor ...

WATCH | Stilfontein zama zamas death toll: 78 decomposed bodies retrieved since Monday

As of 13:30 on Wednesday, the number of deceased suspected illegal miners extracted from the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold ...

Daily Maverick on MSN3h

The ‘surrender or starve’ saga in Stilfontein is a chronicle of deaths foretold

Starvation’ was the terminology used by the police – it was the goal, and the ghastly results are now emerging from the depths.

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