South Africa's government said this week that they do not plan to assist as many as 4,000 illegal miners that are currently trapped inside a closed mine ... or Close the Hole operation, which ...

Months after South Africa ... operation to shut down the illegal mine in Stilfontein is part of a national illegal-mining crackdown dubbed Operation “Vala Umgodi,” or “Close the Hole ...

South African authorities ... due to illegal mining. Since last December, police, government agencies and the military have joined forces in an operation dubbed “Close the Hole” or “Vala ...

Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African ... operation — dubbed Vala Umgodi (Close the Hole) — decided this week to block all entrances to the mine ...

(NEXSTAR) – The South African government ... already been arrested at South African mines this month as part of the police force’s “Close the Hole” operations, according to reports.

South Africa Pulls 36 Corpses From Illegal Mine, Arrests 82 Survivors ... The government crackdown, part of an operation called "Vala Umgodi" or "Close the hole" in the isiZulu language, has ...

JOHANNESBURG (A0) - South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the ... s Vala Umgodi, or Close the Hole, operation, which includes cutting ...

Johannesburg — South Africa's government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the ... s Vala Umgodi, or Close the Hole, operation, which includes ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's government says it won't help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the ... police's Vala Umgodi, or Close the Hole, operation, which includes cutting ...