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[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

As discussed above, 45% of the grooming gangs in the UK are white. The minority (14%) are Asians.

 

To ONLY highlight (and repetitively only) the coloured gangs is a racist attack where you are trying to make a political point off the back of child rapes. End of.

To repeatedly deny the issue of the Asian grooming gangs  is utter cowardice from the likes of yourself. Are you that stupid you don’t see the issue with the law not being enforced equally for fear of racism accusations!!. That’s the issue ffs 😞🤷‍♂️

 

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[Johnsond]

5 minutes ago, Mr. Squirrel said:

racist screen shot from you ever a defensible response? 

Lighten up ffs 

Too much woke porridge swallowed maybe. 

You want to see real racism, go and work in the Middle East or Africa then you will see what it can be really like. 

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[Johnsond]

For all the ATL, rape gang apologist wokeraty I’d thoroughly recommend you reading Maggie Oliver’s account of what she dealt with. For anyone with daughters it makes ****************ing grim reading. 
 

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[peds]

 

Eee, lads, I tell you what... I'm glad I get to earn a living by jumping around in trees... and not whatever this hellscape is...

 

Over a hundred dead... maybe 800 trapped... in a South African goldmine... not because of a collapse...

 

...but because they are being starved out...

 

Bodies recovered from illegal goldmine in South Africa where many feared dead | South Africa | The Guardian

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Thirty-six bodies brought to surface amid claims 109 are dead and between 400 and 800 people still alive and...

 

 

Thirty-six bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 82 people have been taken out alive since Monday, after police blocked supplies of food, water and medicine to the workers underground in October in an attempt to force them out.

 

On Thursday, a letter brought up to the surface claimed there were 109 dead bodies underground. A video circulated by the NGO Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) appeared to show more than 50 wrapped bodies laid out in a tunnel.

 

Another video showed emaciated men begging to be sent food and rescued. Macua had claimed there were between 400 and 800 people still alive and trapped underground before the operation began at the Buffelsfontein mine near Stilfontein, about 100 miles south-west of Johannesburg.

 

Police launched Operation Vala Umgodi (plug the hole) in late 2023 in an effort to stamp out illegal mining. In early November, they said their prevention of essential supplies being sent down the mineshafts around Stilfontein had forced hundreds of miners to the surface since mid-October “as a result of starvation and dehydration”. Later in November and December, they allowed some supplies to be sent down.

 

South African authorities have repeatedly argued the miners were free to resurface and that those who remained underground were trying to avoid arrest, pointing to more than 1,500 people who have emerged from another mineshaft in the area. Activists claimed the two mines were not connected underground.

 

“I am happy, but at the very same time scared, because I don’t know what to expect,” Zinzi Tom, whose brother Ayanda was still reported to be underground on Tuesday morning, told the local TV station eNCA on Monday.

 

“[The government] said they would ‘smoke them out’, indeed they smoked them out … So I’m not OK, but I’m hoping for the best,” said Tom, who launched an urgent court case last week in response to the letter claiming 109 had died.

 

The authorities then launched the rescue operation, which they have said could take up to 16 days.

 

Illegal mining has flourished across South Africa’s north-eastern mining belt in recent years, as industrial mines have been exhausted and abandoned. There are about 30,000 zama zama miners, according to expert estimates, producing 10% of South Africa’s gold output in 6,000 abandoned mineshafts, often controlled by violent criminal syndicates.

 

A private company, Mines Rescue Services, is operating a crane-winched cage that can bring six people an hour to the surface. However, only local volunteers have been going down the 1.2-mile shaft at Buffelsfontein.

 

“It’s too risky for private or state workers to go down with the cage because it’s known that some of the zama zamas are armed to the teeth, and some of those who emerged have given statements that they were held against their will,” said Makhosonke Buthelezi, a spokesperson for the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

The miners are either being arrested or taken to hospital, where they will recover before being detained, he said.

 

 

Edit:

 

I mean... isn't that just f*cking loopy?!

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[AHPP]

12 minutes ago, peds said:

 

Eee, lads, I tell you what... I'm glad I get to earn a living by jumping around in trees... and not whatever this hellscape is...

 

Over a hundred dead... maybe 800 trapped... in a South African goldmine... not because of a collapse...

 

...but because they are being starved out...

 

Bodies recovered from illegal goldmine in South Africa where many feared dead | South Africa | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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Thirty-six bodies brought to surface amid claims 109 are dead and between 400 and 800 people still alive and...

 

 

Thirty-six bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 82 people have been taken out alive since Monday, after police blocked supplies of food, water and medicine to the workers underground in October in an attempt to force them out.

 

On Thursday, a letter brought up to the surface claimed there were 109 dead bodies underground. A video circulated by the NGO Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) appeared to show more than 50 wrapped bodies laid out in a tunnel.

 

Another video showed emaciated men begging to be sent food and rescued. Macua had claimed there were between 400 and 800 people still alive and trapped underground before the operation began at the Buffelsfontein mine near Stilfontein, about 100 miles south-west of Johannesburg.

 

Police launched Operation Vala Umgodi (plug the hole) in late 2023 in an effort to stamp out illegal mining. In early November, they said their prevention of essential supplies being sent down the mineshafts around Stilfontein had forced hundreds of miners to the surface since mid-October “as a result of starvation and dehydration”. Later in November and December, they allowed some supplies to be sent down.

 

South African authorities have repeatedly argued the miners were free to resurface and that those who remained underground were trying to avoid arrest, pointing to more than 1,500 people who have emerged from another mineshaft in the area. Activists claimed the two mines were not connected underground.

 

“I am happy, but at the very same time scared, because I don’t know what to expect,” Zinzi Tom, whose brother Ayanda was still reported to be underground on Tuesday morning, told the local TV station eNCA on Monday.

 

“[The government] said they would ‘smoke them out’, indeed they smoked them out … So I’m not OK, but I’m hoping for the best,” said Tom, who launched an urgent court case last week in response to the letter claiming 109 had died.

 

The authorities then launched the rescue operation, which they have said could take up to 16 days.

 

Illegal mining has flourished across South Africa’s north-eastern mining belt in recent years, as industrial mines have been exhausted and abandoned. There are about 30,000 zama zama miners, according to expert estimates, producing 10% of South Africa’s gold output in 6,000 abandoned mineshafts, often controlled by violent criminal syndicates.

 

A private company, Mines Rescue Services, is operating a crane-winched cage that can bring six people an hour to the surface. However, only local volunteers have been going down the 1.2-mile shaft at Buffelsfontein.

 

“It’s too risky for private or state workers to go down with the cage because it’s known that some of the zama zamas are armed to the teeth, and some of those who emerged have given statements that they were held against their will,” said Makhosonke Buthelezi, a spokesperson for the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

The miners are either being arrested or taken to hospital, where they will recover before being detained, he said.

 

 

Edit:

 

I mean... isn't that just f*cking loopy?!

 

Did it say how well the government are doing at starving the mine owners to death?

[Steven P]

59 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

To repeatedly deny the issue of the Asian grooming gangs  is utter cowardice from the likes of yourself. Are you that stupid you don’t see the issue with the law not being enforced equally for fear of racism accusations!!. That’s the issue ffs 😞🤷‍♂️

 

 

But likewise, to ONLY bang on about Asian grooming gangs and brushing all other unders the carpet as it were, to ignore the majority of cases is blatant racism and making a political point at the expense of children being raped. Got to sit and work out where your priorities are.. is it racism or is it the protection of ALL children against ALL predators. I know and am comfortable where my priorities are. Are you?

[Steven P]

21 minutes ago, peds said:

 

Eee, lads, I tell you what... I'm glad I get to earn a living by jumping around in trees... and not whatever this hellscape is...

 

Over a hundred dead... maybe 800 trapped... in a South African goldmine... not because of a collapse...

 

...but because they are being starved out...

 

Bodies recovered from illegal goldmine in South Africa where many feared dead | South Africa | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

---

Thirty-six bodies brought to surface amid claims 109 are dead and between 400 and 800 people still alive and...

 

 

Thirty-six bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 82 people have been taken out alive since Monday, after police blocked supplies of food, water and medicine to the workers underground in October in an attempt to force them out.

 

On Thursday, a letter brought up to the surface claimed there were 109 dead bodies underground. A video circulated by the NGO Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) appeared to show more than 50 wrapped bodies laid out in a tunnel.

 

Another video showed emaciated men begging to be sent food and rescued. Macua had claimed there were between 400 and 800 people still alive and trapped underground before the operation began at the Buffelsfontein mine near Stilfontein, about 100 miles south-west of Johannesburg.

 

Police launched Operation Vala Umgodi (plug the hole) in late 2023 in an effort to stamp out illegal mining. In early November, they said their prevention of essential supplies being sent down the mineshafts around Stilfontein had forced hundreds of miners to the surface since mid-October “as a result of starvation and dehydration”. Later in November and December, they allowed some supplies to be sent down.

 

South African authorities have repeatedly argued the miners were free to resurface and that those who remained underground were trying to avoid arrest, pointing to more than 1,500 people who have emerged from another mineshaft in the area. Activists claimed the two mines were not connected underground.

 

“I am happy, but at the very same time scared, because I don’t know what to expect,” Zinzi Tom, whose brother Ayanda was still reported to be underground on Tuesday morning, told the local TV station eNCA on Monday.

 

“[The government] said they would ‘smoke them out’, indeed they smoked them out … So I’m not OK, but I’m hoping for the best,” said Tom, who launched an urgent court case last week in response to the letter claiming 109 had died.

 

The authorities then launched the rescue operation, which they have said could take up to 16 days.

 

Illegal mining has flourished across South Africa’s north-eastern mining belt in recent years, as industrial mines have been exhausted and abandoned. There are about 30,000 zama zama miners, according to expert estimates, producing 10% of South Africa’s gold output in 6,000 abandoned mineshafts, often controlled by violent criminal syndicates.

 

A private company, Mines Rescue Services, is operating a crane-winched cage that can bring six people an hour to the surface. However, only local volunteers have been going down the 1.2-mile shaft at Buffelsfontein.

 

“It’s too risky for private or state workers to go down with the cage because it’s known that some of the zama zamas are armed to the teeth, and some of those who emerged have given statements that they were held against their will,” said Makhosonke Buthelezi, a spokesperson for the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

The miners are either being arrested or taken to hospital, where they will recover before being detained, he said.

 

 

Edit:

 

I mean... isn't that just f*cking loopy?!

 

 

I saw that on the news this week - crazy stuff what they are doing. 800 miners (not sure if that was government figures in which case probably more, if the figures from the miners possibly fewer) trapped.

[peds]

11 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Did it say how well the government are doing at starving the mine owners to death?

 

Hang on, let me read it again. 

 

...um, no. No mention of them. Odd, that.

[Steven P]

21 minutes ago, Mark J said:

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I want this!!