Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...
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Centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along South Africa’s West Coast
In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...
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, ...
At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says
A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold ...
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South Africa: Death toll rises to 60 in S Africa's abandoned gold mine disaster, with rescue efforts ongoing
Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 ...
Zimbabwe lifts ban on cloven-hoofed animal imports from South Africa
Spread This NewsIOL Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (RPO) and Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) welcomed ...
At Least 100 Illegal Miners Trapped in South African Mine Have Died: Report
Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa's old gold-mining regions, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for any remaining deposits.
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Illegal Miners Trapped in South Africa
An operation to rescue stranded illegal gold miners in South Africa's North West province has begun, following a months-long ...
South Africa: Videos show dead bodies at disused gold mine
Authorities in South Africa began rescuing hundreds of people sheltering in an illegal gold mine with videos showing corpses ...
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South Africa starts rescuing illegal gold miners trapped for months
Civil rights groups say at least 100 people have died from starvation since October when the authorities sealed off shafts at ...
36 Killed During Illegal Mining Operation In South Africa, 82 Rescued Then Arrested
A total of 118 illegal miners, including 36 dead, have been extracted from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa. The ...
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Volunteers say Stilfontein shaft littered with body parts of miners who fell and died while trying to resurface
North West spokesperson for South African National ... Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing millions of readers ...