South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
Efforts to rescue trapped miners in South Africa intensify
Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped ...
South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from besieged mine
A total of 78 bodies and 166 survivors - some of them emaciated and disorientated - have been hauled out so far in a ...
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 ...
South Africa fast bowler Nortje ruled out of Champions Trophy
South Africa’s Anrich Nortje has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy with a back injury, the latest in a long line of ...
Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine After Standoff With Authorities
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...
South Africa arrests over 100 illegal miners after underground rescue
South African officials have arrested more than 100 miners who had been trapped in an illegal gold mine and will detain ...
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 ...
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...