Illegal mining in South Africa threatens the economy and worsens inequalities with incidents in Stilfontein and Sabie ...

Police cut off food and water to illegal Stilfontein mine Aim was to ... out in three-day rescue Labour union: this was a state-sponsored massacre STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 16 (Reuters ...

South Africa ... encircled the mine since August and cut off food and water supplies to try to force the miners out so they could be arrested, resulting in what the GIWASU labour union called ...