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Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry

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Freelance journalist, Kimon de Greef wrote an interesting piece for Ground Up that looks into how Zama zamas in the abandoned Stilfontein mine search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels. The piece details what they eat, how they navigate the tunnels as well as an interesting internet connection set-up by the kingpins. Kimon de Greef joins me on the line to tell us more…

GUEST: Kimon de Greef, Freelance Journalist

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