"There's nothing left for someone to eat, to drink or anything that can make a human being survive," Ayanda Ndabeni, one of the miners, lamented, highlighting the dire conditions faced by those trapped in the mine. After police cut off supplies in an effort to force the miners out, his words paint a grim picture of desperation underground. Many of his fellow miners have reportedly succumbed to illness or even death amid this ongoing crisis.
"Some of us, they died. Some of us are sick, critical," Ndabeni said, shedding light on the extreme consequences of the police operation 'Vala Umgodi.' His account illustrates the human toll of the crackdown on illegal mining in South Africa, revealing the perilous reality that many zama zama miners endure.
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