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Associated Press · 1h

Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.

Hosted on MSN · 4h

Rescuers seek last bodies in South Africa mine where 78 died in police siege

By Siyabonga Sishi and Nellie Peyton STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether anyone was left in an illegal gold mine deep underground where at least 78 people died during a police siege,

Wall Street Journal · 15h

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.

Families await news of trapped miners in South Africa

The Guardian · 13h

‘I can’t lose hope’: families await news of trapped miners in South Africa

Police operation to stamp out illegal mining by blocking food supplies has turned to tragedy as relatives wait for loved ones to be rescued

CNN on MSN · 1d

South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.

BBC on MSN · 20h

No more miners trapped underground in South Africa, volunteers say

Rescue teams in South Africa have stepped up efforts to pull out survivors and the corpses of illegal miners trapped underground for about two months, following one of the most extraordinary tragedies to hit the industry.

7h

South African Police Lower Cage Into Mine to Check if Anyone Left After 78 Died

Illegal mining is common in parts of gold-rich South Africa. Typically, undocumented miners known as zama zamas - from an ...

6hon MSN

Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...

12h

Investors Go All In On Ramaphosa Pledge to Rebuild South Africa

The president wants to invest $88 billion in infrastructure by 2030 — a plan that helped make construction the country’s most ...

10h

South African rand stable after U.S. inflation report

South Africa's rand was little changed on Thursday, a day after a key U.S. inflation report boosted hopes of a less ...

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