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Hundreds of illegal miners remain underground in South Africa

Authorities reject calls for them to be allowed out of a deep shaft without being arrested.

Hundreds of illegal miners remain underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa. South Africa's police minister, Senzo Mchunu, has rejected calls for the miners to be allowed out of a deep shaft without being arrested. Also on the programme, almost 60 years after the death of the American black rights leader Malcolm X, his family have sued US law enforcement agencies saying they knew of the assassination plot, but did not stop it; and, Jake Paul takes on Mike Tyson in a boxing fight with a 31-year age gap.

(Photo: Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground, after police cut off food and water as part of police operations against illegal miners, in Stilfontein, South Africa, November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee)

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The Man Booker International 2018

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