The government of the Republic of South Africa launch a rescue operation to extract the illegal workers at the abandoned Stilfontein mine in North West, South Africa (Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A group of 14 illegal miners, including a 14-year-old boy, have been arrested in South Africa after emerging from a mine shaft at Stilfontein mine in the North West province, police said. The miners, believed to be part of a larger group still underground, took advantage of the night to surface, hoping to avoid detection by authorities ...
үнэ авах WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food supplies for a period of time to the miners working …
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Issued by Ezra Mendel on behalf of the FW de Klerk Foundation on 04/12/2024 The recent developments in Stilfontein have exposed a deep, raw nerve in South Africa's socio-economic and legal fabric. The town, like many others across South Africa, finds itself besieged by illegal mining activities, facing an escalating crisis that cuts across human rights, …
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A harrowing account from Mandla Charles, one of the volunteers involved in the rescue operation at the Stilfontein mine, has shed light on the gruesome conditions faced by the illegal miners.
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The police sealed off access to the Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein several weeks ago to deny the miners access to food and other essentials. Gold Futures $ 2995.4 / ozt 0.02% Micro Gold ...
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STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...
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On Monday, as the formal rescue operation commenced to retrieve miners from an abandoned mineshaft in Stilfontein, two men donned some protective gear and stepped into a metal cage that was to be lowered deep underground. No police or other rescue workers would go down as the risk was deemed too high.
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At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out, a group ...
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As South Africa battles with the reality of the Stilfontein disaster - where at least 78 illegal gold miners have died and more than 240 Zama Zamas - large-scale gold mining companies and Bench ...
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Mahdio Mohapi, from the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission in Klerksdorp, near Stilfontein, had been part of the group providing humanitarian services to those who …
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Recent developments have seen several illegal miners, known as zama zamas, voluntarily emerging from the disused mine shafts in Stilfontein. The South African government has noted that this demonstrates the miners' ability to exit the underground tunnels independently. ... VUKA Group Head Office Ground Floor, Ebden House, Belmont Park ...
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The government says illegal mining cost South Africa's economy $3.2bn (£2.6bn) in 2024 alone.
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A group of 14 illegal miners resurfaced from shaft 10 at the disused Stilfontein mine on Sunday. According to police, all the men are Mozambique nationals, and a 14-year-old boy is among them.
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A professional mine rescue company sent a large cage into the mine shaft near Stilfontein, about 140km (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, on Monday. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4
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Illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, North West, are resorting to cannibalism, forced to feed on the corpses of their deceased colleagues to survive, according to a submission ...
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As the clampdown continued, another group of zama zamas became trapped in an abandoned mine 10km south of Margaret Shaft. Formerly known as Buffelsfontein, it was …
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JOHANNESBURG - Four more illegal miners have resurfaced from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, as efforts to retrieve hundreds of zama zamas enter another week.. The latest group to resurface from ...
үнэ авах WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Illegal mining | Cameras sent down Stilfontein shaft. Friday 22 November 2024 - 11:30am ... The operation is expected to last several days before the first group is brought to the surface. eNCA's ...
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STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country's deepest mines while working illegally.. At least 78 miners were confirmed …
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Another 3 illegal miners have just resurfaced from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein. This is shaft 10 where 3 teens also came up to the surface and were arrested last Thursday.
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The Stilfontein Gold Mine, owned and operated by Stilfontein Gold Mining Company Limited (SGMC), was established in 1949. For decades, it contributed significantly to South Africa's gold production. However, after a devastating earthquake in 2005 and years of mismanagement, the mine was abandoned, leaving behind a network of shafts that ...
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As the clampdown continued, another group of zama zamas became trapped in an abandoned mine ten kilometres south of Margaret Shaft. Formerly known as Buffelsfontein, it was closed down in 2013 and demolished …
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Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town about 100 miles Southwest of Johannesburg, started Monday and ended Thursday when ...
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A human rights group has likened the government's approach to forcing illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West, to the Marikana massacre.
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The human rights group Mining Affected Communities United in Action has approached the Constitutional Court, in their attempt to force both the police and government to intervene by providing food ...
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A group representing the miners said that not only did police cut off food for a time, they and the mine owners also dismantled a rope and pulley system that was used to get into …
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Since the launch of Operation Vala Umgodi in Stilfontein, police have spent more than R30 million to combat illegal mining in North West. This was revealed during a Parliamentary …
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Police have confirmed miners who still find themselves in a Stilfontein mineshaft in North West are not trapped but actively continuing illegal gold mining operations under the …
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