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Trapped for gold: The dangers facing illegal miners in South Africa
Episode 1069

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

The Take · Al Jazeera

November 26, 202419m 45s

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Show Notes

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.

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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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Topics

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