epa11823204 Members of the rescue services use heavy rescue equipment during the official rescue mission of an unknown number of miners near the entrance to a disused gold mine shaft in Stilfontein, around 150 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 January 2025. A South African court has ordered the official rescue attempts to begin as an unknown number of illegal gold miners, or Zama Zama, are trapped underground, of which 10 miners have been rescued. The number of Zama Zama to have died underground has already reached 109 according to an attorney at Lawyers for Human Rights. The miners are armed and form part of a wider syndicate-driven gold mining operation that often uses disused commercial gold mines to search for gold.  EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
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15.1.2025., 14:00
Strahuje se da ima još zarobljenih

Izvučeno 60 tijela iz rudnika

Nastavlja se drama u nelegalnom, zatvorenom rudniku zlata u gradu Stifonteinu, 150 km udaljenom od Johanesburga. Spasioci su iz rudnika izvukli najmanje 60 tijela iz okna zatvorenog rudnika zlata više od dva kilometra ispod zemlje. Strahuje se da ima još zarobljenih, nakon opsade u sklopu borbe protiv nezakonitog rudarenja. U utorak je izvučeno 106 preživjelih te su uhićeni zbog nezakonitog rudarenja. Dan ranije ta je brojka iznosila 26. Nezakonito rudarenje usredotočuje se na rudnike koje su tvrtke napustile jer komercijalno nisu održivi.