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Bodies recovered from South Africa mine where many feared dead

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According to the articles, a rescue operation at an illegal goldmine in South Africa has retrieved a total of at least 166 people alive, while more than 100 others are believed to have died from starvation and dehydration. The exact number of bodies is disputed.

  1. ZA
    Gwede Mantashe
    African National Congress Party
    1. It's a criminal activity. It's an attack on our economy by foreign nationals in the main.
  2. ZA
    Makhosonke Buthelezi
    Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
    1. It's too risky for private or state workers to go down with the cage because it's known that some of the zama zamas are armed to the teeth, and some of those who emerged have given statements that they were held against their will.
  3. ZA
    Athlenda Mathe
    South African Police Service
    1. By providing food, water and necessities to these illegal miners, it would be the police entertaining and allowing criminality to thrive.
  4. ZA
    South African Federation of Trade Unions
    1. These miners, many of them undocumented and desperate workers from Mozambique and other Southern African countries, were left to die in one of the most horrific displays of state wilful negligence in recent history.

Illegal mine blockade in South Africa

  1. Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from South African mine
  2. Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners
  3. South African authorities blockade mine with 4,000 people inside

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.The Washington Post
  5. 5.BBC
  6. 6.eNCA
  7. 7.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Organized crime
  2. 2.Mining industry
  3. 3.South African politics
  4. 4.South Africa under Cyril Ramaphosa

countries

  1. 1.LesothoLS
  2. 2.MozambiqueMZ
  3. 3.South AfricaZA

organizations

  1. 1.Mines Rescue Services
  2. 2.Democratic Alliance
  3. 3.Mining Affected Communities United in Action
  4. 4.African National Congress Party
  5. 5.Resolute MiningAU
  6. 6.South African Federation of Trade UnionsZA
  7. 7.South African Police ServiceZA

persons

  1. 1.Athlenda MatheZA
  2. 2.Gwede MantasheZA
  3. 3.Jason Okundaye
  4. 4.Jessica LawrenceAU
  5. 5.Makhosonke ButheleziZA
  6. 6.Nesrine Malik
  7. 7.Zinzi Tom

technicals

  1. 1.Buffelsfontein Gold Mine
  2. 2.Long Wave
  3. 3.Operation Vala Umgodi