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 ...
What to know about a standoff between police and illegal miners at a South Africa mine
South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...
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Illegal Mining | The queen who loves gold
JOHANNESBURG - The face behind illegal gold mining in South Africa is that of a black man covered in dust. He is known as a ...
‘Come out and face prosecution’: North West MEC says Stilfontein zama zamas are not receiving water and food
MEC for Community Safety Wessels Morweng says authorities are focused on a plan to make sure that everyone comes out of the ...
South Africa Police Try Siege Tactics on Illegal Mining, Igniting Debate
The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...
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Stilfontein's dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...
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Stilfontein Mine: Teenager Among Illegal Miners Arrested During Operation, SA Speechless
Fourteen miners resurfaced from the Stilfontein Mine in the North West. A 14-year-old teenager was among those who were ...
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South Africa: 14 Illegal Miners Arrested in Stilfontein
A total of 14 illegal miners were arrested after they emerged from the disused mines in Stilfontein in the North West, where ...
Illegal mining clampdown in South Africa: treating desperate people like criminals is an injustice – legal scholar
The narrative of criminality is dangerous. It dehumanises destitute people, who are forced into informal mining to escape ...
Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared stuck underground
Desperate relatives of possibly hundreds of illegal miners stuck underground in a disused mine shaft in South Africa waited ...
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Gauteng High Court Rules Against Call for Aid for Zama Zamas at Stilfontein Mine, SA Welcomes Ruling
The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal ...
Illegal gold miners stranded underground by South Africa government
The South African government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an ...