• Trapped for gold: The dangers facing illegal miners in South Africa

  • Nov 26 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
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Trapped for gold: The dangers facing illegal miners in South Africa

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  • Hundreds of illegal gold miners known as “Zama Zamas” are in an underground standoff against police in South Africa. Authorities are cutting off food and supplies to lure the miners out. As the standoff intensifies, their lives are threatened, thousands of feet below ground.

    In this episode:

    • Kimon de Greef (@kimon_de_greef), Journalist

    Episode credits:

    This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Chloe K. Li with Sarí el-Khalili, Ashish Malhotra, Manny Panaretos, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, and our host, Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal.

    Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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