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Informal miners

Death toll rises to seven after police swoop on informal gold miners

South Africa

Death toll rises to seven after police swoop on informal gold miners

By Kimberly Mutandiro

Riverlea crackdown – police shut down informal mines, arrest dozens in drive to stamp out gun violence

South Africa

Riverlea crackdown – police shut down informal mines, arrest dozens in drive to stamp out gun violence

By Ihsaan Haffejee

A thriving trade has sprung up around illegal mining in Gauteng

South Africa

A thriving trade has sprung up around illegal mining in Gauteng

By Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp

The men who make a living from an old gold mine dump

South Africa

The men who make a living from an old gold mine dump

By GroundUp

Informal miner, 18, mourns his dead friend

South Africa

Informal miner, 18, mourns his dead friend

By Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp