Some 4,000 miners believed to be suffering from lack of food and water in move by authorities to force them to surface and face arrest
’s government has said it will not help about 4,000 illegal workers inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province as part of an official policy against the practice.
In the last few weeks, more than 1,000 miners have surfaced at various mines in North West province, with many reported to be weak, hungry and sick after going for weeks without basic supplies.‘So appalling they’re a form of performance art’: Donald Trump’s bombshell appointmentsAbout 20 miners have surfaced from the mineshaft in Stilfontein this week as police guard areas to catch all those appearing from underground.
Illegal mining remains common in South Africa’s old gold-mining areas, with miners going into closed shafts to dig for any possible remaining deposits.
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