South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for safe recovery of illegal miners stuck underground
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft and the miners should be recovered safely.
Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners
A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a mine shaft where several hundred are believed to remain after the government cut off vital supplies.
South Africa Police Try Siege Tactics on Illegal Mining, Igniting Debate
The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights advocates and community leaders call the tactics inhumane.
4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an abandoned shaft to face arrest.
South Africa’s government won’t help the illegal miners inside a closed mine
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 as part of an official policy against illegal mining.
South Africa Police Standoff With Illegal Gold Miners Escalates
The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed up in underground shafts to the surface so they can be arrested.
S.African President Defends Crackdown On Illegal Miners
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine shaft must leave and defended police for blocking their food and water supplies in a bid to force them out.
South Africa: Trapped illegal miners face dire conditions
The government says it will not help' criminals.' For nearly two weeks, South African police have closely monitored an abandoned gold mine at Stilfontein, about 150 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg.
Illegal mining | Police digging deep to find Zama Zama kingpins
The aim is to lift and take out illegal miners still refusing to exit. Over a thousand resurfaced after Operation Vala uMgodi cut off food and water supplies. At the same time, police say they are going after the higher-ups in illegal mining syndicates.
Illegal Miners Battling To Survive S.Africa Standoff
Hundreds of clandestine miners at a disused South African shaft are struggling to survive in grim conditions because of a police operation to force them out, one of the men who escaped told AFP Sunday.
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