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South Africa denies help to illegal miners

Newsweek on MSN · 2h

South Africa Says It Won't Help Illegal Miners Inside Closed Mine

Illegal mining continues to be widespread in South Africa, where miners enter abandoned shafts to search for remaining deposits.

BBC on MSN · 6h

'Smoke them out': South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners

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,

The Associated Press - Busines… · 10h

South African government refuses to help hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft

Several hundred people were believed to be in an illegal mine in South Africa on Thursday with the government refusing to help them in a bid to force them to come to the surface.

CBS News on MSN7h

4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa

Illegal miners — known locally as Zama Zama — are often men from neighboring countries who come to South Africa ...

South African police cut off supplies to illegal miners in a bid to 'smoke them out'

Illegal mining is a decades-old problem in South Africa's old gold mining areas, with miners entering closed shafts ...

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