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South Africa bets on military deployment to crush illegal mining gangs
Semafor via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe News JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s government is betting on its deployment of 3,000 soldiers to...
South Africa says 31 illegal miners believed killed in explosion in May, only now coming to light
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAt least 31 illegal miners are believed to have died in a gas explosion in a shuttered gold mine in...
'Movement' detected at South African mine where dozens suspected dead, but no search operation yet
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSouth African authorities have detected “movement” underground at a shuttered gold mine where they...
Toxic gas leak in South Africa has killed 16 people, including 3 children, police say
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAt least 16 people, including three children, were killed by a leak of a toxic nitrate gas being...
The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe death toll from a toxic gas leak that authorities blamed on an illegal gold processing operation...