BARBERTON – Around 400 illegal miners remain underground at the Sheba gold mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
Nearly 500 were arrested as part of Operation Vala Mgodi.
The zama zamas infiltrated operational mine shafts and often come into conflict with mine workers.
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Police are sealing off holes, effectively cutting off food supplies, to force the miners to resurface.
But, as eNCA’s Bafedile Moerane reports, not all residents want the illegal miners arrested.
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