South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...
The narrative of criminality is dangerous. It dehumanises destitute people, who are forced into informal mining to escape ...
Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...
in the country’s North West province, have been entering the mine, which is no longer in operation, searching for gold deposits. Such illegal mining has long been going on across South Africa.
As It Happens7:33Why police are in a standoff with people working an abandoned South African mine For weeks ... in the country's North West province. Police say they number in the hundreds.
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