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In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

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South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

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A suspected illegal miner who had been hospitalised following the rescue operation at the Stilfontein mine has died.

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