AFP on MSN58m
S.Africa rescuers say clearance of clandestine miners now over
Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...
Al Jazeera on MSN52m
‘Massacre’: Did South Africa starve dozens of trapped miners to death?
Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.
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 ...