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Gruesome Reports of Cannibalism in Illegal South African Gold Mine
A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...
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 them out.
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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 ...
Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police officers after ...
Hundreds of miners trapped in South African gold mine are 'eating legs, arms, and ribs' to survive. Here's what happened
Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after ...
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Stilfontein gold mine: Why did 87 people die in South Africa?
South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6,000 abandoned or closed mines to search for leftover deposits. According ...
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At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
South African authorities have argued that the miners were always able to exit through another shaft at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine ... across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the ...
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Death toll climbs to 87 as standoff between police, miners ends in South Africa
Gold-rich South Africa has an estimated 6,000 abandoned ... said that the vast majority who came out of the Buffelsfontein mine were from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and were in South ...