South African rescue operation brings illegal miners, bodies, to surface
Voice of America
A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Jan. 14, 2025. President of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa Mametlwe Sebei, center, chants slogans while joining community members and workers in a protest during the rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Jan. 14, 2024. Members of the South African police, patrol as they guard the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months in Stilfontein, South Africa, Jan. 14, 2025. Illegal miners rescued from an abandoned gold mine line up as rescuers and South African Police Service officers record their details and provide assistance in Stilfontein on Jan. 14, 2025.
Rescue operations were underway at a gold mine in South Africa’s North West province where hundreds of illegal miners have been underground for months.
