South Africa, illegal miners

South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
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 a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month.
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 deposits.
Hundreds of miners hide deep underground in standoff with South African police
A body was brought out of an abandoned South African gold mine as police tried to evict hundreds of illegal miners hiding out in the workings.
South African police cut off supplies to illegal miners in a bid to 'smoke them out'
South African authorities are engaged in a standoff with hundreds of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province, having cut off their food and water supplies as part of a strategy to "smoke them out". The miners in Stilfontein ...
South African government refuses to help hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
Food and water supplies to those underground have been halted by police seeking to force the illegal miners to come to the surface, according to Reuters. Ilegal miners can travel up to 4 kilometers underground and spend months below ground in old mines ...
South African Government Declines Support for Illegal Miners Trapped in Closed Mine
The South African government will not assist illegal miners trapped in a closed mine, denying them basic supplies as part of a crackdown on illegal mining.
South African government says it won’t help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help about 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province as part of an official policy against illegal mining.
South Africa won’t help illegal miners inside closed mine: ‘smoke them out’
Police closed off the entrances for moving supplies underground, cutting off miners’ supplies to force them to resurface for arrest.
South Africa's Government Says It Won't Help a Group of Illegal Miners Inside a Closed Mine
South Africa’s government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province as part of an official policy against illegal mining
South Africa is trying to starve 4,000 miners out of an illegal mine
South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an abandoned shaft to face arrest.
South African government says it won't help thousands of 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 West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining.
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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were ...
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Estimated 4,000 illegal miners still underground, several feared dead
Community members have reportedly volunteered to go underground in an attempt to rescue the trapped illegal miners.
Body pulled from mine after police cut off supplies to 'smoke out' thousands of illegal miners
The body has emerged a day after South Africa's government said it would not be helping the miners - who have had their ...
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Government Not Helping ‘Criminals’ As Trapped Illegal Miners Starve, Cops Urge 4,000 To Cooperate
As thousands of illegal miners remain underground at the Stilfontein mine in North-West, Presidency Minister Khumbudzo ...