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From Marikana to Stilfontein Our Lives Count for Nothing
In South Africa, more than thirty years after the end of apartheid, the lives of people who are black and poor are not counted as human lives. We are murdered with impunity and left to die with ...
South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped ...
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South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
South Africa’s Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) described the deaths at the Stilfontein mine, located around 97 miles (156 ...
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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 ...
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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 between police and miners trapped while working ...
South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors
South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, police said on Tuesday, adding that the survivors would all face ...
The Washington Post13d
60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped
Months after South Africa’s government began an operation to flush out ... South African authorities began their operation at ...
South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
The Stilfontein massacre: A crime of the ANC and South African capitalism
These 78 workers were murdered by the ANC government. Its barbarous actions are a devastating indictment of bourgeois ...
Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa
The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...
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 ...