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Rescuer workers assist an illegal miner who has been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025
RESCUERS sent a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest mines today in an attempt to bring out survivors among hundreds of illegal miners trapped underground for months in an abandoned shaft.
More than 100 miners are believed to have died of starvation or dehydration.
A group representing the miners said that at least 18 bodies and 26 survivors have been brought out of the Buffelsfontein goldmine since Friday, but more than 500 miners are still believed to be underground, some since July of last year.
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The plan is to stigmatise and destabilise South Africa in preparation for breaking it up while creating a confused and highly racialised atmosphere around immigration in the US to aid in denying rights to non-white refugees, explains EMILE SCHEPERS
