Hope for end to 'risky' stand-off between police and hundreds of illegal gold miners

Friday, 15 November 2024 (1 hour ago)

Hope for end to 'risky' stand-off between police and hundreds of illegal gold miners

Illegal miners in a "dangerous" stand-off with police in South Africa are committing a crime by staying underground in a disused shaft, according to a government minister in the country.

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

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Up to 4,000 illegal miners are estimated to be underground in an abandoned mine while South African authorities try to clear them out and arrest them.

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