South African authorities are engaged in a standoff with hundreds of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the ...
South African police said on Sunday that 225 illegal miners had been arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water. The miners, known locally as ...
Downtown Johannesburg, about 175km from where the illegal miners were allegedly working. Photo / Sopotnicki.com South African police on Sunday say 340 illegal miners were arrested after ...