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 ...
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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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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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South Africa: 78 Miners Found Starved and Dehydrated to Death in South African Police Operation Against Unlicensed Mining
The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine's Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water ...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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South Africa: Stilfontein Massacre a Stark Reminder of South Africa's Ongoing Struggle With Human Rights Violations
The death of up to 100 miners at Stilfontein reflects a callous and couldn't-care-less attitude that has developed in the government, and sadly throughout much of society (white and black). It is that ...
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 ...
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 ...