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 ...
South African horror story: Miners trapped inside illegal gold mine resort to cannibalism 'out of desperation'
Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...
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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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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
and the South African government is under scrutiny for the way it has dealt with the issue at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, where more than 100 miners are believed to have died underground of ...
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At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
South African authorities have argued that the miners were always able to exit through another shaft at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, one of the deepest in the mineral-rich country. But activists said ...
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Mine Standoff That Saw Hundreds Trapped Ends With 87 Declared Dead
More than 240 survivors have been rescued at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, Stilfontein, since operations began. Many of the miners, labeled "Zama zamas—"hustlers" in the Zulu language—for their ...
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 them out.
78 found dead in illegal South Africa gold mine - with hundreds still trapped
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over two months during a standoff 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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At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says
Police said the miners were refusing to come out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine for fear of arrest, but Mnguni said they had been left trapped underground after police removed the ropes they used ...
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Dozens of survivors, dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
and the South African government is under scrutiny for the way it has dealt with the issue at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, where more than 100 miners are believed to have died underground of ...
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
But that tactic has been fiercely criticized by civic groups and the community, and the South African government is under scrutiny for the way it has dealt with the issue at the Buffelsfontein Gold ...