South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police
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South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police
Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long standoff with police in the darkness of a disused gold mine.
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🇿🇦 ⛏️ "Where there's gold...always blood is there, because it's money." Every day they leave for work, they have no idea whether they will return home alive. They are Zama Zamas - those who risk everything to go deep underground in South Africa’s dangerous disused gold mines to scratch a living. #BBCAfricaEye | BBC News Africa
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