‘We last ate on Monday night, hunger forced us out’: miners as underground protest ends
Mineworker says they were not in a hostage situation but police say the opposite view is being given to detectives interviewing those resurfacing
25 October 2023 - 12:28
It took Gamelihle Jawuza 45 minutes to walk up from underground when he and other miners came to the surface on Wednesday at the Gold One Modder East shaft in Springs, where he was participating in a protest sit-in amid union rivalry...
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