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 ...
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 African residents try to rescue trapped illegal miners after police refuse help
A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they ...
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...
Protesters Demand Return of Illegal Miners in South Africa
A standoff between police and illegal miners has gotten heated in South Africa. Reports say hundreds of illegal miners, who ...
South Africa’s government won’t help the illegal miners inside a closed mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North ...
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South Africans divided on whether ‘starving and dehydrated’ illegal miners should be rescued
Hundreds of illegal miners in the North West have resurfaced in recent days and have been apprehended by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and members of the South African National Defence ...
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Drill rig becomes popular choice for Southern African mines
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions says its Leopard ... “Over the years, we have had a positive uptake, especially in South Africa, with coal, platinum group metals and iron-ore among the key ...
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Illegal miners in Stilfontein say they will surface after dead and sick are retrieved
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Residents haul out three of an estimated 4 500 illegal miners from a Stilfontein mine
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