South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
Di dangers wey illegal miners dey face working underground
Dis month, authorities rescue hundreds of illegal miners from one mine shaft for South Africa. Wetin be di dangers of working ...
Trapped Illegal Miners in South Africa Eating 'Parts of Legs, Arms, And Ribs' to Survive: Report
At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...
Illegal chrome mining crisis fuels violence in Bojanala District
Illegal chrome mining in Bojanala District is escalating into violence, threatening community safety and the local economy as ...
Horror as mining disaster survivor claims colleagues 'resorted to cannibalism'
Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.
South Africa's mining industry reports lowest number of deaths last year
South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths last year, the lowest number to date and a 24% improvement on the previous year, official statistics showed on Thursday.
Trapped miners ‘resort to cannibalism’ after police block their food and water
Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...
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Stilfontein crisis underlines the need to regulate artisanal mining
Regularised artisanal mining could also boost the security industry through protection services guarding these mines. It ...
Trapped miners 'resorted to CANNIBALISM to survive': Survivors of South African horror describe how men 'cut parts of legs, arms and ribs for sustenance'
Of the 324 people pulled out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 78 had perished from starvation or dehydration. The illegal ...
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Illegal mining cost South African economy R60 billion in 2024
Illegal mining is waging war on the South African economy, with the illicit trade costing the economy at least R60 billion in ...
'They called them troublemakers, but they were our survival': Stilfontein struggles after illegal mining crackdown
In Stilfontein, the government’s crackdown on illegal mining was meant to restore order. But for residents like Rita de Sonsa ...
Trapped South African miners resorted to CANNIBALISM and snacked on cockroaches
Thousands of illegal miners working at the old Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Johannesburg, surrendered but around 400 remained - with only 324 of them making it out alive ...