South Africa won't help trapped illegal miners : NPR
17 hours ago · Jerome Delay/AP. JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to ...
South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners …
6 hours ago · Updated 11:03 AM PST, November 15, 2024. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine. The move signaled the government was taking a more conciliatory approach compared to ...
4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff ... - CBS News
1 day ago · Community members are searched by South African police before entering the mine shaft to negotiate with unlicensed miners underground in Stilfontein, in South Africa's North West province, Nov. 13 ...
South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners inside a …
1 day ago · JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining.. The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after ...
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in ...
15 hours ago · Nov. 15, 2024, 9:42 AM UTC / Source: Reuters. By Reuters. South African police were in a standoff Friday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, after a ...
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa ...
1 day ago · Ilegal miners can travel up to 4 kilometers underground and spend months below ground in old mines, according to a report by South Africa’s Minerals Commission. But without supplies, conditions ...
Hundreds of South African miners, police continue standoff
10 hours ago · JOHANNESBURG —. Hundreds of illegal gold miners remained stuck underground Friday at an unused mine in South Africa that police have surrounded. South African authorities are refusing to allow ...
Stilfontein mine: Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid miners …
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in ...
Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are …
12 hours ago · Item 1 of 3 Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding ...
South Africa declines aid for thousands of illegal Miners in …
1 day ago · South Africa. South Africa's government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic ...