TIL about the Stilfontein standoff. Faark. Grim areas
September 27, 2026 at 11:07 AM
TIL about the Stilfontein standoff. Faark. Grim areas
Stilfontein: Surfacing of undocumented children sparks trafficking concerns
www.thesouthafrican.com/news/stilfon...
www.thesouthafrican.com/news/stilfon...
Stilfontein: Surfacing of undocumented children sparks trafficking concerns
EFF says South Africa cannot be a haven for human trafficking after 96 children surfaced at an unused mine in Stilfontein, North West.
www.thesouthafrican.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Stilfontein: Surfacing of undocumented children sparks trafficking concerns
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www.thesouthafrican.com/news/stilfon...
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, rescue volunteers say
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, rescue volunteers say
At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have been pulled out of a mine since Monday.
www.bbc.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, rescue volunteers say
La polizia sudafricana ha estratto tutte le persone intrappolate nella miniera abusiva di Stilfontein
La polizia sudafricana ha estratto tutte le persone intrappolate nella miniera abusiva di Stilfontein - Il Post
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January 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
La polizia sudafricana ha estratto tutte le persone intrappolate nella miniera abusiva di Stilfontein
27 teen zama zamas (illegal miners) repatriated after resurfacing in Stilfontein
www.thesouthafrican.com/news/stilfon...
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27 teen zama zamas repatriated after resurfacing in Stilfontein
The resurfacing of undocumented teenagers from Mozambique at disused mines in Stilfontein, North West, sparked concerns.
www.thesouthafrican.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:40 PM
27 teen zama zamas (illegal miners) repatriated after resurfacing in Stilfontein
www.thesouthafrican.com/news/stilfon...
www.thesouthafrican.com/news/stilfon...
“The smell of death was everywhere” – Stilfontein mine rescue ends
Read groundup.org.za/article/the-... by Ihsaan Haffejee
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“The smell of death was everywhere” – Stilfontein mine rescue ends
246 miners rescued, 78 bodies retrieved
groundup.org.za
January 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“The smell of death was everywhere” – Stilfontein mine rescue ends
Read groundup.org.za/article/the-... by Ihsaan Haffejee
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"Like eight million others, they are informally employed in precarious working conditions due to high levels of unemployment, the state’s failure to address basic socio-economic issues, and the compulsion to work or die under capitalism."
Mining, murder, and the machinery of exploitation
The massacre of artisanal miners in Stilfontein exposes the South African state’s violent allegiance to corporate interests and a long legacy of extraction and dispossession.
africasacountry.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Like eight million others, they are informally employed in precarious working conditions due to high levels of unemployment, the state’s failure to address basic socio-economic issues, and the compulsion to work or die under capitalism."
1/ CAMP (Collective Art Making Project) saw my inteview with Francesca Albanese on Insta and invited me to join them in their apartheid-jail-cell-turned-studio to make collages with them today, and to teach me about the Stilfontein massacre, a horror I had never heard of. Some highlights:
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
1/ CAMP (Collective Art Making Project) saw my inteview with Francesca Albanese on Insta and invited me to join them in their apartheid-jail-cell-turned-studio to make collages with them today, and to teach me about the Stilfontein massacre, a horror I had never heard of. Some highlights:
The massacre of artisanal miners in Stilfontein exposes the South African state’s violent allegiance to corporate interests and a long legacy of extraction and dispossession. africasacountry.com/2025/03/mini...
Mining, murder, and the machinery of exploitation
The massacre of artisanal miners in Stilfontein exposes the South African state’s violent allegiance to corporate interests and a long legacy of extraction and dispossession.
africasacountry.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The massacre of artisanal miners in Stilfontein exposes the South African state’s violent allegiance to corporate interests and a long legacy of extraction and dispossession. africasacountry.com/2025/03/mini...
Trapped illegal gold miners hold out against police in South Africa
https://www.ft.com/content/8ccd9cb9-6b67-49f8-83ca-ddf451acb003
https://www.ft.com/content/8ccd9cb9-6b67-49f8-83ca-ddf451acb003
Trapped illegal gold miners hold out against police in South Africa
Court seeks to halt blockade on abandoned Stilfontein mine over concerns that hundreds hidden underground are at risk
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November 17, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Trapped illegal gold miners hold out against police in South Africa
https://www.ft.com/content/8ccd9cb9-6b67-49f8-83ca-ddf451acb003
https://www.ft.com/content/8ccd9cb9-6b67-49f8-83ca-ddf451acb003
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: 'Mammoth task' to identify bodies, police say
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: 'Mammoth task' to identify bodies, police say
At least 78 bodies and more than 240 survivors have been pulled out of a mine since Monday.
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: 'Mammoth task' to identify bodies, police say
V @thecontinent.org
'Police ‘closed the hole’ – and 87 miners died
Now the cops who orchestrated the #Stilfontein tragedy are patting themselves on the back.'
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'Police ‘closed the hole’ – and 87 miners died
Now the cops who orchestrated the #Stilfontein tragedy are patting themselves on the back.'
continent.substack.com/p/police-clo...
Police ‘closed the hole’ – and 87 miners died
Now the cops who orchestrated the Stilfontein tragedy are patting themselves on the back.
continent.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
V @thecontinent.org
'Police ‘closed the hole’ – and 87 miners died
Now the cops who orchestrated the #Stilfontein tragedy are patting themselves on the back.'
continent.substack.com/p/police-clo...
'Police ‘closed the hole’ – and 87 miners died
Now the cops who orchestrated the #Stilfontein tragedy are patting themselves on the back.'
continent.substack.com/p/police-clo...
Stilfontein protesters demand commission of inquiry into police conduct. They also demanded that mining minister Gwede Mantashe resign.
Read groundup.org.za/article/stil... by Ihsaan Haffejee
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Stilfontein protesters demand commission of inquiry into police conduct
They also demanded that mining minister Gwede Mantashe resign
groundup.org.za
February 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Stilfontein protesters demand commission of inquiry into police conduct. They also demanded that mining minister Gwede Mantashe resign.
Read groundup.org.za/article/stil... by Ihsaan Haffejee
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Equipes de resgate também resgataram mais 84 sobreviventes da mina de Stilfontein; vídeos divulgados mostram condições insalubres em que mineiros estavam vivendo no local glo.bo/4hdUGnN #g1
Resgate em mina ilegal na África do Sul: número de corpos retirados dobra e chega a 78
Equipes de resgate também resgataram mais 84 sobreviventes da mina de Stilfontein; vídeos divulgados mostram condições insalubres em que mineiros estavam vivendo no local.
glo.bo
January 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Equipes de resgate também resgataram mais 84 sobreviventes da mina de Stilfontein; vídeos divulgados mostram condições insalubres em que mineiros estavam vivendo no local glo.bo/4hdUGnN #g1
Goldgräber schürfen illegal in Südafrikas stillgelegten Bergwerken, in tiefer Dunkelheit, unter großer Gefahr. Die Polizei belagert nun die Mine Stilfontein. Doch statt sich zu stellen, harren Hunderte in den Schächten aus.
Südafrika: Polizei belagert illegale Goldmine in Stilfontein - Tausende Bergleute eingeschlossen
Goldgräber schürfen illegal in Südafrikas stillgelegten Bergwerken, in tiefer Dunkelheit, unter großer Gefahr. Die Polizei belagert nun die Mine Stilfontein. Doch statt sich zu stellen, harren Hunderte in den Schächten aus.
www.spiegel.de
November 16, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Goldgräber schürfen illegal in Südafrikas stillgelegten Bergwerken, in tiefer Dunkelheit, unter großer Gefahr. Die Polizei belagert nun die Mine Stilfontein. Doch statt sich zu stellen, harren Hunderte in den Schächten aus.
Stilfontein mine: Thousands of illegal 'zama zama' miners remain underground in South Africa
Stilfontein mine: Thousands of illegal 'zama zama' miners remain underground in South Africa
About 1,000 gold miners have already been arrested and the army and police are waiting for the rest.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Stilfontein mine: Thousands of illegal 'zama zama' miners remain underground in South Africa
such a grim and grisly story
82people have surfaced alive from the shaft in Stilfontein since Monday while 36 dead bodies have been retrieved.
On Tuesday, the BBC saw dozens of emaciated miners - wearing tattered clothes & no shoes or socks - escorted to a medical tent
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82people have surfaced alive from the shaft in Stilfontein since Monday while 36 dead bodies have been retrieved.
On Tuesday, the BBC saw dozens of emaciated miners - wearing tattered clothes & no shoes or socks - escorted to a medical tent
www.bbc.com/news/article...
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: Relatives wait for news as body bags hauled from shaft
Hundreds of people have reportedly been underground since a crackdown on illegal mining began last year.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
such a grim and grisly story
82people have surfaced alive from the shaft in Stilfontein since Monday while 36 dead bodies have been retrieved.
On Tuesday, the BBC saw dozens of emaciated miners - wearing tattered clothes & no shoes or socks - escorted to a medical tent
www.bbc.com/news/article...
82people have surfaced alive from the shaft in Stilfontein since Monday while 36 dead bodies have been retrieved.
On Tuesday, the BBC saw dozens of emaciated miners - wearing tattered clothes & no shoes or socks - escorted to a medical tent
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Stilfontein mine tragedy was a consequence of SA’s porous borders, says police minister. (Comment: "porous borders" did not trap and starve miners, the police did.) www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Stilfontein tragedy was a consequence of SA’s porous borders, says police minister
Calling illegal immigration a ‘huge problem’, Senzo Mchunu told Parliament: ‘The overall fundamental issue is border management’.
www.dailymaverick.co.za
March 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Stilfontein mine tragedy was a consequence of SA’s porous borders, says police minister. (Comment: "porous borders" did not trap and starve miners, the police did.) www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Government's R12m Stilfontein rescue finally kicks into gear after flurry of court applications. (The unconscionable delay resulted in the deaths of more than a 100 people.) www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times...
Government's R12m Stilfontein rescue kicks into gear
About 550 zama zamas thought to still be underground — along with more than 100 dead bodies
www.timeslive.co.za
January 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Government's R12m Stilfontein rescue finally kicks into gear after flurry of court applications. (The unconscionable delay resulted in the deaths of more than a 100 people.) www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times...
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: The blockaded shaft where dozens died
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: The blockaded shaft where dozens died
Mzwandile Mkwayi volunteered to go down into the shaft to help save the lives of scores of miners.
www.bbc.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: The blockaded shaft where dozens died
Very good article on the criminally disastrous actions of the South African police at #Stilfontein mine
‘Around thirty thousand zama-zamas are thought to operate across more than six thousand abandoned mines in South Africa. Most of them are undocumented migrants from Mozambique, Lesotho or Zimbabwe.’
Helen Sullivan on illegal miners in South Africa:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Helen Sullivan on illegal miners in South Africa:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Helen Sullivan · Diary: Trapped in the Mine
Gcina Lepheana had been working deep in the illegal mine for five months when, in October last year, deliveries stopped...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Very good article on the criminally disastrous actions of the South African police at #Stilfontein mine
Bodies and emaciated zama zamas recovered from Stilfontein mine
The family of the miner who brought the court action to get government to rescue them remain hopeful that he is still alive underground
Read groundup.org.za/article/seve... by Ihsaan Haffejee
The family of the miner who brought the court action to get government to rescue them remain hopeful that he is still alive underground
Read groundup.org.za/article/seve... by Ihsaan Haffejee
Bodies and emaciated zama zamas recovered from Stilfontein mine
The family of the miner who brought the court action to get government to rescue them remain hopeful that he is still alive underground
groundup.org.za
January 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Bodies and emaciated zama zamas recovered from Stilfontein mine
The family of the miner who brought the court action to get government to rescue them remain hopeful that he is still alive underground
Read groundup.org.za/article/seve... by Ihsaan Haffejee
The family of the miner who brought the court action to get government to rescue them remain hopeful that he is still alive underground
Read groundup.org.za/article/seve... by Ihsaan Haffejee
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: Dead bodies seen in videos from disused shaft
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: Dead bodies seen in videos from disused shaft
The men have been underground since the police began a crackdown on illegal mining last year.
www.bbc.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: Dead bodies seen in videos from disused shaft