South African police say ringleader in illegal gold mining disaster allowed to escape by officers
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
South Africa police search for gold mine gangster 'Tiger'
A gang leader suspected of running illegal gold mining operations in South Africa has escaped police custody. An ...
South African police hunt gang leader of illegal mine where dozens died
South African police are hunting a gang leader from Lesotho believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine ...
At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
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 ...
At least 100 people reportedly dead in illegal South African gold mine as rescues continue
Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...
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, ...
Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine After Standoff With Authorities
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...
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South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...
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60 bodies retrieved from closed South African gold mine
South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than 2km underground where an unknown number of men are still feared trapped, following a siege ...
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South Africa: Survivors, corpses pulled from gold mine
South African authorities lifted the bodies of 60 people from an abandoned gold mine, police have said. Hundreds more people could be underground following a monthslong effort to force them out of ...