A South African horror story: illegal mining stand-off draws to an end
In South Africa a months long stand-off between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
South African miner describes horrors endured by those who spent months underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
The Citizen1h
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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The perils of South Africa’s illegal mining sector
The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been ...
Stilfontein disaster sparks outrage and demands for accountability
Following the tragic Stilfontein mine disaster that claimed 78 lives, civil society and political parties demand ...
Zimbabwe1h
Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa begins verification of Stilfontein mine disaster victims
Spread This NewsBy Staff Reporter  THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has reportedly dispatched a team of forensic ...
The Africa Report22h
South Africa: Police operation nabs over 17,000 trapped miners
More than 17,000 alleged illegal miners, many from neighbouring countries, have surfaced in South Africa during a police ...
AFP17h
CEEC-built World's First 300 MW Compressed Air Energy Storage Plant Connected to Grid at Full Capacity
BEIJING The world's first 300 MW compressed air energy storage (CAES) demonstration project, "Nengchu-1," was fully connected to the grid in Yingcheng, central China's Hubei Province on Thursday ...
Bureau of Meteorology14h
South Coast Forecast
Cloudy. High chance of showers in the north, medium chance elsewhere. Winds south to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 17 ...