Al Jazeera English on MSN6d
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 ...
Jacaranda FM9d
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.
CBS News10d
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.
The Independent3d
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 ...
Al Jazeera English7d
Miners holed up in abandoned South Africa shaft ‘starving’
Rescue operations involving volunteers ongoing in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground.
The Washington Post8d
South Africa denies illegal miners food and water to force them out
Authorities have drawn criticism for trying to force the miners, known as “zama zamas,” to the surface at Stilfontein, a former gold mining site about 90 miles west of Johannesburg ...
CNN7d
Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners
The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, said in an interim ruling that all miners underground in the mine in Stilfontein should be allowed to leave and no one should block their exit ...