https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/18/south-african-miners-trapped-underground-what-you-need-to-knowPolice officials surrounded the mine and cut off suppliers to the illegal miners, hoping to force them out.It’s part of an official policy called Operation Vala Umgodi, or “plug the hole,” to combat illegal mining. Similar raids are targeting several mines across the country.
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>>1366511tRump's lust for gold caused this.
On the one hand I'm like>“They will come out. We are not sending help to criminals. Criminals are not to be helped – they are to be persecuted [sic],” the minister said.that's based, I wish more western politicians felt the sameOn the other hand though, who is the victim here? They're not tapping veins that belong to people, they're scrabbling around in old mines looking for leftovers. The only ones losing out are the (((gold merchants))) who want to keep supply as restricted as possible. And I suppose the government not getting taxes but it's not like they could tax it when it was in the ground anyway, no one was ever going to mine what they're mining legitimately.
>>1366692the money from that gold most likely will fund criminal activities and violence
