The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Late last year, a specialized camera was lowered into an almost 1.6-mile-deep mineshaft in South Africa where hundreds of ...
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South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on ...
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South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
Illegal mining cost South Africa over $3 billion last year ... and the deaths could have been averted had the rescue ...
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 ...
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police ‘smoke them out’ tactics
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a months-long standoff ... Mathe said at least 13 children had also come out of ...
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Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the ...
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Dozens of bodies retrieved from South Africa mine after months-long police standoff
They declared the court-ordered rescue operation over on Wednesday ... (Themba Hadebe/The Associated Press) Illegal mining is a common practice in South Africa, where more than 30 per cent ...
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Mine Standoff That Saw Hundreds Trapped Ends With 87 Declared Dead
A court ruling last week forced the government to launch a formal rescue operation. The tragedy comes amid gold-rich South Africa's battle against illegal mining, which costs the country over $1 ...
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Bishop describes horror of South Africa mines rescue operations
A South African bishop has described in detail what he saw and heard as the bodies were being taken from an abandoned gold ...
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Tragedy in the Depths: South Africa's Illegal Mine Rescue Efforts
Over 78 miners have died, and more than 160 have been rescued from an abandoned South African gold mine amid a standoff with ...
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The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
CEO of Mine Rescue Services South Africa, the private company contracted to rescue the miners. At least 87 miners died in the monthslong standoff between police and the miners who were trapped ...