Hope for end to 'risky' stand-off between police and hundreds of illegal gold miners

Credit: Sky News- Published 4 hours ago
Illegal miners in a "dangerous" stand-off with police in South Africa are committing a crime by staying underground in a disused shaft, according to a government minister in the country.

Video credit: euronews (in English)
Published 1 day ago -  00:35
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.

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