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. They have refused to cooperate with authorities [...]

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