*Alfred Khumalo is one of the illegal miners
with whom I spent some time recently. The “zama zamas”, as they are
known, spend their days foraging for leftover gold from disused
mineshafts.
“You are down here with me, are you not
afraid?” he asked me. Before I could answer he said: “We are all trying
to survive and feed our families, but we choose not to rob people or
steal from them. The only people we put in danger is ourselves.”
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