The final man to emerge from the disused shaft blew a whistle as he was received by army officers.
More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa's eastern Mpumalanga province.Most of those rescued, reportedly foreign nationals, claim they were forced underground against their will to search for gold.
Days earlier, the national police head Fannie Masemola also confirmed officers were investigating "allegations of human trafficking and forced labour in these mining operations by those who have resurfaced".
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