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 ...
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Desperate hunger, cannibalism: South Africa mine tragedy survivors recall horror after rescue
The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...
Trapped Illegal Miners in South Africa Eating 'Parts of Legs, Arms, And Ribs' to Survive: Report
At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...
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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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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Death toll climbs to 87 as standoff between police, miners ends in South Africa
They are often undocumented foreign nationals and authorities said that the vast majority who came out of the Buffelsfontein ...
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South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at ... have argued that the miners were always able to exit through another shaft at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, one of the deepest in the ...
Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A suspected illegal gold mining ringleader known as “Tiger” escaped from custody with help from police ...