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Originally Published 18 days ago — by ABC News
South African police have arrested 11 individuals, including suspected illegal miners, in connection with a mass shooting at a pub in Bekkersdal that resulted in 10 deaths, and are investigating links to illegal firearms and mining activities in the area.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by DW (English)
At least 31 people, believed to be illegal gold miners from Lesotho, have died in a methane explosion at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa. The mine was previously owned by Harmony Gold but has been abandoned since the 1990s. The mine's ventilation shaft had abnormally high methane levels, making it too risky to dispatch a search team. Lesotho has called for the bodies to be repatriated.