South Africa, illegal miners

Water and food to be delivered to illegal miners as police urge them to resurface
The South African Police Service (SAPS) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will on Thursday allow food and water deliveries to illegal miners who remain underground. This as the Operation Vala Umgodi task team in North West continues to urge illegal miners, who are still underground in the Stilfontein area, to return to the surface.
South African police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to "smoke them out".
South African police up the ante in trying to end illegal mining
Illegal mining is widespread in South Africa. Miners break into derelict mineshafts, oftentimes searching for leftover gold. Organized crime exploits and controls their behavior. Now, above one enormous decommissioned mine,
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South African Police Arrest 565 Illegal Miners
South African police on Sunday said that 340 illegal miners were arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water.
South Africa police force 540 illegal miners from abandoned shaft
Police in South Africa have forced 540 illegal miners out of an abandoned mine shaft and arrested them. Earlier this week, security forces blocked deliveries of food and water to the miners in a bid to push them out of the mine. The miners experienced "starvation and dehydration" and were forced to resurface, police say.
South African police cut off supplies to illegal miners in a bid to 'smoke them out'
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. View on euronews
S.Africa Police Urge Illegal Miners To Leave Shaft
South African police and ambulances were at the site Thursday of an old gold mine shaft where around 4,000 illegal miners were claimed to be underground, facing arrest if they surface.
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Police seize counterfeit goods worth millions in Fordsburg
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