{"id":12603,"date":"2014-02-18T03:08:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T03:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/escaping-s-african-miners-arrested\/"},"modified":"2014-02-18T03:08:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T03:08:08","slug":"escaping-s-african-miners-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/escaping-s-african-miners-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Escaping S African Miners Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Ten illegal gold miners have emerged from an old South African mine, with more still underground.}}<\/p>\n

Some of the men came out after being told there were no police around – but all 10 have now been arrested by police who had been hiding.<\/p>\n

The miners are reported to have been trapped by a rival group.<\/p>\n

Those underground are once more refusing to leave the mine shaft for fear of being arrested.<\/p>\n

The landscape around the abandoned mine near Johannesburg is dotted with similar abandoned shafts – attracting men from around the region with the promise of remaining gold deposits.<\/p>\n

Some men may also be resisting coming to the surface of the mine because they fear losing any gold they have found, say correspondents.<\/p>\n

Previous reports suggested as many as 200 fellow miners remained underground, but our correspondent says the latest estimates put the figure far lower, at about 15.<\/p>\n

It is not clear when this operation will end, as it is not known exactly how many remain in the vast network of underground tunnels, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n

She says that such miners often take enough food and water to be able to survive underground for several days.<\/p>\n

One man came halfway up the shaft and then turned round when he saw the cameras.<\/p>\n

Notices warning miners that they face arrest and that the mine will be sealed in two weeks’ time have been thrown down the shaft.<\/p>\n

Many of the miners are from Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, officials say.<\/p>\n

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