Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid miners
Illegal miners are called "zama zama" ("take a chance" in Zulu) and operate in abandoned mines in the mineral-rich country.
South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners inside a closed mine
Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the ...
'We will smoke them out': South Africa seeks arrest of illegal miners hiding underground
Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government ...
Police in South Africa cut off supplies to illegal mining operation with 4,000 workers still inside
Officials are hoping the strategy will force the workers out of the mineshaft and to the surface, where they will be arrested ...
South Africa Says It Won't Help Illegal Miners Inside Closed Mine
Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining ...
Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared stuck underground
By Thando Hlophe STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck ...
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Residents haul out three of an estimated 4 500 illegal miners from a Stilfontein mine
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