South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine After Standoff With Authorities
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...
60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa, many more trapped
Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near ...
South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from besieged mine
A total of 78 bodies and 166 survivors - some of them emaciated and disorientated - have been hauled out so far in a ...
Efforts to rescue trapped miners in South Africa intensify
Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped ...
Rescuers and volunteers pull more bodies of dead workers from abandoned gold mine in South Africa
Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more still believed to ...