https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/18/south-african-miners-trapped-underground-what-you-need-to-knowPolice officials surrounded the mine and cut off suppliers to the illegal miners, hoping to force them out.
It’s part of an official policy called Operation Vala Umgodi, or “plug the hole,” to combat illegal mining. Similar raids are targeting several mines across the country.
