A South African horror story: illegal mining stand-off draws to an end
In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
South African miner describes horrors endured by those who spent months underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
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South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months —Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission
The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...
Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?
Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by ...
Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark reality
Allegations that the miners resorted to eating human flesh in order to survive were also made by other miners who were ...
Capital allocation in mining: future-proofing Africa’s resource sector
How resources are developed, and where capital is allocated, will determine whether the continent becomes a leader in the ...
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Transforming old mines can tackle illegal mining crisis
David van Wyk sees transforming abandoned mines into development facilities as a solution to illegal mining, creating jobs ...
Illegal South African miner on 6-month ordeal underground and illicit gold industry
The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...
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Rescuers pull survivors and bodies from abandoned South Africa gold mine
A rescue team in South Africa has finished a recovery operation to find more than 200 miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports.
South African miner on 6-month ordeal underground and illicit gold industry
The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...