60 dead at illegal S.African mine: police
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Johannesburg: Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal miners, pol...
Johannesburg: Sixty bodies have been removed from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, months into a campaign to try to clear out illegal miners, police said Wednesday.
Authorities began trying to remove the bodies and bring up survivors on Monday, after residents voiced fears that over 100 people may have died in the mine in Stilfontein, about 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Johannesburg.
"On day two of operations, a total of 106 alive illegal miners were retrieved and arrested for illegal mining. Fifty-one were certified dead," police said in a statement. Nine bodies had been removed the previous day.
The mine runs 2.6 kilometres (1.6 miles) underground, and a specialised machine was brought in Monday to lift out the miners and the bodies, a handful of people at a time.
South Africans call these miners "zama zamas" -- "those who try" in the Zulu language. They're often migrants from neighbouring countries, accused by residents of criminality.
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