Zimbabwe consul general Eria Phiri visits Stilfontein after illegal miners are retrieved, pledging support for identification and repatriation efforts.

South Africa

More than 240 foreign nationals rescued at Stilfontein as death toll sits on 78

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A total of 78 bodies and 216 survivors have been brought to the surface over three days of rescue operations at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in the North West Province of South Africa, the police said Wednesday. Read full story

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

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Malaysia

Death toll from abandoned gold mine in South Africa rises to 78

Sekunjalo Investments

78 bodies have been recovered from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, which has been invested by thousands of illegal miners for several months.

78 corps ont été remontés d’une mine d’or abandonnée en Afrique du Sud, investie par des milliers de mineurs illégaux depuis plusieurs mois.

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LVMH

Paris

Île-de-France

France

VIDEO. “Testimonies of cannibalism”: what happened in the Stilfontein gold mine?

With 78 dead and 166 rescued alive so far, a profound sense of sorrow, relief and anger hangs over the site

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Johannesburg

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

Gauteng

Stilfontein mining tragedy deepens as death toll reaches 78

A total of 78 bodies and 216 survivors have been brought to the surface over three days of rescue operations at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in the North West Province of South Africa, the...

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Helsinki

Uusimaa

Finland

Death toll from abandoned gold mine in SA rises to 78

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The South African

Zim consul general pledges support after Stilfontein mining tragedy

Zimbabwe to assist SA to identify Stilfontein illegal miners Zandile.Khumalo Thu, 01/16/2025 - 16:26 
STILFONTEIN - The Zimbabwean consulate is prepred to work with the South African government to verify and identify its citizens from Stilfontein mine in North West.Zimbabwean consulate general Eria Phiri says this partnership is to ensure that the whole process is brought to a conclusion and finality.Phiri says the verification and identificatio…

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E.tv

Zimbabwe to assist SA to identify Stilfontein illegal miners

Zimbabwe's Consul General in South Africa visited the old Buffelsfontein gold mine in Stilfontein on Thursday afternoon to assess the situation at shaft 11 and plan a way forward.

Zimbabwe se konsul-generaal in Suid-Afrika het die ou Buffelsfontein-goudmyn in Stilfontein Donderdagmiddag besoek om vas te stel wat die situasie by skag 11 is en ’n pad vorentoe te beplan.

Stilfontein: Zim-gesant help zama-zamas uitken

Netwerk24

24.com

Stilfontein: Zim envoy helps identify zama-zamas

The South African Police Service revealed that only 26 out of the over 2000 illegal miners that resurfaced from Stilfontein Mine were South Africans.

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Over 1000 out of 2000 zama zamas at Stilfontein Mine are Mozambicans, SA furious

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, with the death toll reaching 78 by Wednesday as police worked to clear out illegal miners who had been underground for months. The operation began on Monday after residents expressed fears that over 100 people had died in the mine in Stilfontein, around 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg. In the first three days, at least 216 people were rescued, while 78 bod…

More than 240 foreign nationals rescued at Stilfontein as death toll sits on 78

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