South African government seeks experts’ help to bring illegal miners to the surface
The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to ...
The Standoff Deep Inside an Abandoned South African Gold Mine
The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused ...
Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after the government cut off vital supplies ...
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Illegal gold mine in South Africa becomes a deadly trap
Hundreds or even thousands of people are trapped in a gold mine in South Africa's North West Province. Trapped, that is, by authorities waiting to arrest them for illegal mining. Relatives have been ...
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IBM, Sustainable Energy for All launch new energy, urban development solutions
Technology company IBM and international organisation Sustainable Energy for All have announced new, publicly available ...