JOHANNESBURG - Thousands of zama zamas remain underground in an abandoned mining shaft in Stilfontein, North West.
It is being reported that some of them are sick.
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There are also claims that food and water supplies have been cut off, as part of the Vala Mgodi operation.
Corlett Letjojane, Executive Director at the Human Rights Institute of South Africa spoke to eNCA.