Stilfontein: Rescue operations underway at …

Rescue operations have begun at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine shaft in Stilfontein, with a cage set up to retrieve hundreds of illegal miners from the abandoned mine. Volunteers are descending to bring up everyone still …

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Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town about 100 miles Southwest of Johannesburg, started Monday and ended Thursday when ...

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South Africa's Stilfontein mine: The blockaded shaft where …

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South Africa Pulls 36 Corpses From Illegal Mine, Arrests 82 …

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, …

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In fighting illegal mining, South Africa contents with grim

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Stilfontein illegal miners resorting to cannibalism …

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STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the …

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South Africa police standoff with illegal gold miners escalates

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Footage shows dozens of dead miners trapped after police raid

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Stilfontein Gold Mine Near Klerksdorp, South Africa

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Stilfontein mine owner says not legally bound to rescue …

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'Bodies without heads' — Stilfontein volunteer on …

A harrowing account from Mandla Charles, one of the volunteers involved in the rescue operation at the Stilfontein mine, has shed light on the gruesome conditions faced by the illegal miners.

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Rescuers haul 82 survivors, 36 bodies from Stilfontein mine

Stilfontein — Rescuers have hoisted 36 bodies and 82 survivors from a deep underground gold mine in two days of operations, police said on Tuesday.

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STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...

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Stilfontein Ext 2 at a glance. STILFONTEIN. Stilfontein, meaning 'still fountain', lies between Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom, roughly 130 kilometres from Johannesburg.. The town was …

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Team of community members arrive at …

A group of about 30 community members are part of the team that is expected to assist illegal miners wanting to resurface from an abandoned shaft.

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'It's tough down there': More details emerge on …

A group of 14 illegal miners resurfaced from shaft 10 at the disused Stilfontein mine on Sunday. According to police, all the men are Mozambique nationals, and a 14-year-old boy is among them.

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South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, …

STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 14 (Reuters) - South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, police said on ...

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'I saw people starve to death around me', says …

Of the 121 illegal miners deported from Stilfontein, 80 were Mozambicans, 30 Basotho, 10 Zimbabweans and one Malawian, The 46 miners that were found

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Court halts mining of gold mine dump and looting of bricks

The North West High Court has ordered a group of business owners and community members in Khuma, near Stilfontein, not to extract gold deposits and bricks from a …

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