In this news story of the thousands of zama zamas (illegal miners) trapped underground in the North West province of South Africa I (an anarchist) caught myself siding with the police and government who are refusing to help them as it is part of an attempt to “smoke them out”. Curious indeed. Pretty good article explaining the whole situation:
https://www.bona.co.za/entertainment/the-curious-case-of-the-zama-zamas-what-should-the-south-african-government-do/ #SouthAfrica #ZamaZamas #illegalMining #illegalMiners #OperationValaUmgodi