Bangla Press Desk: South African police said Friday they have arrested some 1,000 undocumented migrants working in illegal gold mines in the northeast of the country.
A police spokesman for the Mpumalanga province, where the week-long sweep took place, told AFP there could be more arrests because there are still illegal miners underground.
"As they are coming out, they have been taken," said the spokesman, Donald Mdhluli.
The police operation, which started on Monday, targeted clandestine mining near the village of Barberton, close to the borders of Eswatini and Mozambique.
South Africa arrests 1,000 illegal miners
Banglapress
Published: 23 September 2025, 10:25 AM
Bangla Press Desk: South African police said Friday they have arrested some 1,000 undocumented migrants working in illegal gold mines in the northeast of the country.
A police spokesman for the Mpumalanga province, where the week-long sweep took place, told AFP there could be more arrests because there are still illegal miners underground.
"As they are coming out, they have been taken," said the spokesman, Donald Mdhluli.
The police operation, which started on Monday, targeted clandestine mining near the village of Barberton, close to the borders of Eswatini and Mozambique.
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