About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
Dis month, authorities rescue hundreds of illegal miners from one mine shaft for South Africa. Wetin be di dangers of working ...
In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
Residents of Khuma want the abandoned mine reopened to create jobs and boost the local economy, but mining expert Ingrid ...
The South African on MSN5d
Illegal mining cost South African economy R60 billion in 2024Illegal mining is waging war on the South African economy, with the illicit trade costing the economy at least R60 billion in ...
Daily Express US on MSN3d
Illegal miners in South Africa 'resorted to cannibalism' during police stand-offStories of desperation and survival have emerged from survivors of the several months long standoff between miners and police ...
A cage set to retrieve hundreds of illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein has been assembled. Picture: Nokukhanya Mntambo/EWN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - A second miner has ...
Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...
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