SHAMAAN FREEMAN-POWELL

Mining

South African minister holds out olive branch to illegal miners in stand-off with police

Illegal miners in a “dangerous” stand-off with police in South Africa are committing a crime by staying underground in a disused shaft, according to a government minister in the country. Hundreds of people are believed to be underground after entering the Stilfontein abandoned shaft, which descends vertically for over a mile, in search of leftover gold. Read more: #skynews #southafrica…