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JOHANNESBURG –

The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine.

The move signalled the government was taking a more conciliatory approach compared to earlier this week, when it said it wouldn’t send help to the miners under the disused Stilfontein gold mine in the North West province. Officials have closed entrances to the mineshaft used to bring them food, water and other basic necessities as part of a government strategy to force them to return to the surface and be arrested.

Authorities had said the operation, called “Close the Hole,” would “smoke out” the miners from the mineshaft. There are no official estimates of the numbers of miners remaining …

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