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South Africa’s illegal mining industry: Gang-controlled ‘towns’ grow underground

Source link : https://www.afric.info/2024/11/21/news/south-africas-illegal-mining-industry-gang-controlled-towns-grow-underground/

Getty Images Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled “town” – complete with markets and a red light district – that has grown up deep underground at a disused gold mine in South Africa. Ndumiso told the BBC that after being laid off by a big mining firm, […]

Author : AFRICA-NEWS

Publish date : 2024-11-21 07:24:35

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