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South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know
Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein ...
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SAPS seize equipment at abandoned Stilfontein shaft
Police have confiscated mining equipment used in illegal operations at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West.
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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
South African police confirm the partly decomposed body of one miner had been brought to the surface from inside the Stilfontein mine in the country's North West province Thursday morning.
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Operation ‘Close the Hole’: What to know about a standoff between police and trapped miners in South Africa
The miners in Stilfontein, in the country’s North West province, have been entering the mine, which is no longer in operation, searching for gold deposits. Such illegal mining has long been ...
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Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners
Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine.