Rescue operation at illegal gold mine in South Africa concludes, at least 78 dead
johannesburg, south africa January 16, 2025 15:49Rescue workers in South Africa believe no one is left underground in the mine where 87 people have died.
Rescue workers in South Africa believe no one is left underground in the mine where 87 people have died.
South African police rescued 118 illegal miners from a shut-down gold mine after a months-long standoff. 36 of them were found dead. The rescued individuals were immediately arrested.
Over a hundred miners have lost their lives in an abandoned South African gold mine after being trapped for months. The government labels them as criminals and refuses to provide assistance.
The Supreme Court of South Africa has demanded that the police no longer block the entrances to the abandoned gold mine in the city of Stilfontein.
A group of illegal miners in South Africa refuse to leave a gold mine, fearing deportation if they do. The situation in Stilfontein, a town in a northwestern province of South Africa, sheds light on the issue of illegal mining in the region.