Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners
A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a mine shaft where several hundred are believed to remain after the government cut off vital supplies.
South Africa Police Try Siege Tactics on Illegal Mining, Igniting Debate
Around the gaping shaft of a disused mine, the South African police on Saturday waited to pounce on anyone trying to escape to the surface. Their siege has gone on for weeks, trying to flush out hundreds of men accused of illegal mining in an abandoned gold mine,
South Africa: Stilfontein's Dangerous and Desperate Illegal Mining Industry
He spoke to GroundUp in Stilfontein, the former mining town in North-West province where zama zamas were recently cut off from food for approximately two months as part of a national clampdown on illegal mining dubbed "Vala Umgodi" or "Close the Hole".
South Africa: Trapped illegal miners face dire conditions
Hundreds of illegal gold miners are struggling to survive underground after authorities blockaded them. The government says it will not help 'criminals.'
South Africa Police Standoff With Illegal Gold Miners Escalates
The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed up in underground shafts to the surface so they can be arrested.
4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an abandoned shaft to face arrest.
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 deposits.
South Africa's Ramaphosa calls for safe recovery of illegal miners stuck underground
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft and the miners should be recovered safely.
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 African government seeks experts’ help to bring illegal miners to the surface
The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine.
S.African President Defends Crackdown On Illegal Miners
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine shaft must leave and defended police for blocking their food and water supplies in a bid to force them out.
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President Pledges Peaceful Resolution to Stilfontein Illegal Mining Standoff
President Ramaphosa clarified that illegal mining is a criminal offence that threatens economic stability, community safety, ...
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South Africa court grants emergency personnel access to trapped illegal miners
The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa issued an interim order on Sunday allowing emergency personnel access to an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, where illegal miners have been remained from ...
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SAPS insists illegal Stilfontein miners will be arrested as they resurface
“Pending finalisation of the application, the mine shaft in Stilfontein that forms the subject matter ... Independent ...