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Illegal Miners Arrested in Barberton
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The South African police have arrested more than 1,000 illegal miners, and the decommissioned mines continue to attract people who are illegally digging for gold there, by Stephan Ueberbach.
The South African police have arrested more than 1,000 people who have illegally searched for gold in a decommissioned mine. They have been brought from underground shafts in the city of Barberton in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga.
The arrested are so-called Zama Zamas - people who earn their living through illegal mining
Around 1,000 people have been arrested in a police operation against illegal mining in South Africa. Police believe these are likely undocumented migrants. Earlier this week, officers surrounded an illegal gold mine in Barberton, a town in the South African province of Mpumalanga. The encirclement cut off the supply of goods to the mine and forced the miners to surface. There, they were arrested and taken away by police. A police spokesperson sa…
In South Africa, at least 1,000 miners have been brought from shafts once again as part of an operation for greater safety in the country.
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