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'Starving and dehydrated': illegal workers emerge from South African mine

565 illegal miners arrested in South Africa after police cut supplies

Munira Rajkotwalla
South Africa's Police Service led the operation against zama zamas.

South Africa's Police Service led the operation against zama zamas. | Credits: SPA South Africa

An unprecedented scene unfolded over the weekend in South Africa's North West Province, where a dramatic police-led operation left hundreds of illegal miners with little choice but to emerge from the suffocating...

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