Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...
Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa
The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...
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It’s not your imagination! Northern Cape tremor felt in Cape Town
This after an alert for a 5.5 earthquake took place in the Northern Cape with tremors being felt in the Western Cape. “A magnitude 5.5 earthquake took place 120km NNW of Calvinia, South Africa.
South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...
60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped
Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...
South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege
South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people ...
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Rains force South Africa to close border crossing with Botswana
The Grobler's Bridge crossing in northern South Africa is used for trade, especially by miners in the Copperbelt region straddling Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo moving cargo to the ...
The Conversation25d
Fossil treasure chest: how to preserve the geoheritage of South Africa’s Cape coast
about 120km outside Cape Town, it’s clear that South Africa is home to some remarkable geoheritage. In a recently published scientific paper we outlined this geoheritage, examined the threats it ...
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Northern Cape earthquake felt as far as the Western Cape
South Africa, covered accidents, fires, outbreaks, nature, weather and natural disaster-related incidents at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for seven years. NORTHERN CAPE—An earthquake that ...
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Centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along South Africa’s West Coast
In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...