4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff ... - CBS News
1 day ago · Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were believed to be sick and increasingly weak inside an abandoned mine shaft ...
South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners …
4 hours ago · Updated 11:03 AM PST, November 15, 2024. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government said on Friday 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. The move signaled the government was taking a more conciliatory approach compared to ...
South Africa’s government won’t help the illegal miners inside a …
1 day ago · JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says it won’t 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 official strategy against illegal mining.. The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after ...
South Africa won't help trapped illegal miners : NPR
15 hours ago · Jerome Delay/AP. JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to ...
South African police say they won't help trapped illegal miners
3 hours ago · South Africa's illegal miners – called zama zamas, or "take a chance" in colloquial Zulu – are estimated to number more than 50,000, a tenfold increase in two decades.
South African government refuses to help hundreds of illegal miners …
1 day ago · Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies and refused to help them, in a dramatic bid to crack down on the industry.
South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners ... - ABC News
1 day ago · The Associated Press. JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access ...
Stilfontein mine: Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid miners …
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in ...
Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are …
10 hours ago · Item 1 of 3 Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding ...
Hundreds of South African miners, police continue standoff
8 hours ago · JOHANNESBURG —. Hundreds of illegal gold miners remained stuck underground Friday at an unused mine in South Africa that police have surrounded. South African authorities are refusing to allow ...