Tonight, we go far beyond the headlines and deep into South Africa’s illegal mining underworld — a world of abandoned shafts, armed syndicates, underground economies and communities living in fear. Journalist and author Graham Coetzer takes us behind the scenes of years spent embedded with zama zama networks, private security teams and police raids in some of the country’s most dangerous illegal mining hotspots.

<p>Tonight, we go far beyond the headlines and deep into&nbsp;South Africa&rsquo;s illegal mining underworld &mdash; a world of&nbsp;abandoned shafts, armed syndicates, underground&nbsp;economies and communities living in fear. Journalist&nbsp;and author Graham Coetzer takes us behind the&nbsp;scenes of years spent embedded with zama zama&nbsp;networks, private security teams and police raids in&nbsp;some of the country&rsquo;s most dangerous illegal mining&nbsp;hotspots.</p>

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METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope

AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: The Gold Mafia: How Organised Crime Profits from South Africa’s Zama Zama Crisis ( Graham Coetzer - AUTHOR OF NEW BOOK “ZAMA ZAMA INSIDE THE ILLICID MINING UNDERWORLD”. )