A place where illegal mining provides a rare glimmer of hope
Poverty and desperation drive hundreds of residents of Khuma township to Stilfontein's abandoned shafts
19 January 2025 - 00:00
When formal mining operations pulled out of Stilfontein in the late 1990s, hundreds of miners from Khuma township were left with no jobs and no discernible skills other than digging for gold...
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