JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Sleeping next to decomposing corpses and surviving on a foul mixture of toothpaste mixed with toilet paper.
That's how an unknown number of unauthorized miners believed t… [+5916 chars]
Regions South Africa
South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police
Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long standoff with police in the darkness of a disused gold mine.
