South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
An estimated 4,000 illegal gold miners are hiding underground in South Africa after the government cut off food and water in an effort to "smoke them out" and arrest them. The miners have been in a mineshaft in Stilfontein, in the North West province, for about a month.
Illegal gold miners stranded underground by South Africa government
The South African government says it will not help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining.
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Illegal mining is a decades-old problem in South Africa's old gold mining areas, with miners entering closed shafts to ...
Police in South Africa have forced 540 illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft and arrested them. Earlier this week, security forces blocked deliveries of food and water to the miners in ...
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