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South Africa denies help to illegal miners

South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners to the surface

The South African government says it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine.

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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.

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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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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa

South Africa's abandoned gold mines are often targeted by illegal ... told journalists on Wednesday that authorities ...

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Police waiting for thousands of illegal miners to surface from unstable Stilfontein mine shaft

JOHANNESBURG - Thousands of illegal miners remain below ground in an unstable mining shaft in Stilfontein, in the North West, as police wait for them to surface. Last week, more than 1,000 miners ...

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