Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...
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South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Illegal miners escorted by police officers after being rescued from an abandoned gold mine in ...
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South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
Police cut off food and water to illegal Stilfontein mine Aim was to force miners out to arrest them 78 corpses, 246 survivors pulled out in three-day rescue Labour union: this was a state ...
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South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all ...
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South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Illegal miners escorted by police officers after being rescued from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe ...