South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month.
South African government refusing to help illegal miners
he South African government has cut off food and water to illegal miners in a bid to crack down on the crime. A new stealth warplane has been unveiled by the Chinese air force at a major air show. A former British soldier who is facing spying charges has admitted escaping from a London prison by clinging to the underside of a delivery truck.
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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South AfricaJohannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were ...
South African authorities are engaged in a standoff with hundreds of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the ...
South African police said on Sunday that 225 illegal miners had been arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water. The miners, known locally as ...
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