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South Africa denies help to illegal miners

USA TODAY on MSN · 22m

South African residents try to rescue trapped illegal miners after police refuse help

A community rescue effort to help illegal miners trapped in a mine shaft in South Africa emerged after police said they wouldn't help.

South African minister holds out olive branch to illegal miners in stand-off with police

Senzo Mchunu's comments seem more conciliatory than those of a cabinet minister who previously said the government would not send help because they were "criminals".

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'We will smoke them out': South Africa seeks arrest of illegal miners hiding underground

Authorities in South Africa have cut off supplies to nearly 4,000 illegal gold miners hiding underground, as the government is making an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them, officials announced Thursday.

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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 ...

10hon MSN

South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners inside a closed mine

Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the ...

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