The mineral resources department said “the decision to deploy rescue services was made independently” and not mandated by a court. SouthAfrica harbors up to 100,000 artisanal miners ...
SouthAfrica's department of mineral resources told the BBC the rescue operation on Monday involved lowering a cage into the mine that is designed to hold six or seven people. It said the cage ...
He has said illegal mining cost SouthAfrica over $3 billion last year ... and a separate ruling last week ordered the state to launch the rescue. None of the rescued survivors were ...
Rescue operations were underway at a gold mine in SouthAfrica’s North West province where hundreds of illegal miners have been underground for months. More than 50 bodies were brought to ...