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Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
The Associated Press on MSN11d
At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with scores reported dead
The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, ...
CNN on MSN10d
South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
South Africa loses more than a $1 billion to illegal mining every year and has vowed a crackdown of ... with violent turf ...
At least 100 people reportedly dead in illegal South African gold mine as rescues continue
Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...
Reuters3d
South Africa's mining industry reports lowest number of deaths last year
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's mining industry reported 42 deaths ... Last week the bodies of 78 miners were pulled from an illegal gold mine after a heavily-criticised police ...
South Africa police launch manhunt for illegal mining 'kingpin'
South Africa's police have launched a manhunt for an alleged "kingpin", who is accused of controlling operations at an ...
Phys.org4d
Informal mining persists in South Africa despite police crackdowns
I am an anthropologist and I've been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three decades. I've also made a film with and about informal miners. The problems ...
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: ...
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Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
JOHANNESBURG — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger ... resurfacing last week from a disused mine in South Africa where dozens of miners died and 246 were rescued ...