South African government says it won’t help 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine

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Illegal miners are trapped in a mine in South Africa. The government won’t help them

South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining. The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies underground. It is p…

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ThePatriotLight - Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground By Reuters

ThePatriotLight - By Thando Hlophe STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South Africa on Friday in the hope of their loved ones emerging from the hole in the ground. The miners are in a standoff with police, who have blocked their supplies of food and water and are trying to force them out to arrest them for illegally entering the…

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Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground

STILFONTEIN, South Africa - Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South Africa on Friday in the hope of their loved ones emerging from the hole in the ground.

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Several thousand miners are trapped in illegal mines in the north of South Africa. As part of an official strategy against illegal mining, the government refuses to let them out without arrest. Police are guarding the exits, people inside have no access to food or water, the AP reported.

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Police urge zama zamas still underground to resurface

The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Operation Vala Umgodi task team in the North West province has reiterated the call to those illegal miners who are still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return to the surface. In line with safeguarding lives, the SAPS and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have allowed for water and food to be delivered to those underground so that they can safely resurface.  Arrested The police and…

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

Police close off entrances to force them out to be arrested