The Standoff Deep Inside an Abandoned South African Gold Mine
The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which ...
South Africa says it won’t help 4,000 miners running out of food inside closed mine
The government in South Africa says it will not help about 4,000 miners inside an illegal closed mine in the country's North ...
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South African police up the ante in trying to end illegal mining
Illegal mining is widespread in South Africa. Miners break into derelict mineshafts, oftentimes searching for leftover gold. Organized crime exploits and controls their behavior. Now, above one ...