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South Africa: 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 ...
The Associated Press on MSN11d
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 ...
Daily Express US on MSN1d
Illegal miners in South Africa 'resorted to cannibalism' during police stand-off
Stories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...
CNN on MSN13d
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 ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
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 ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
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 ...