The tour through the area revealed a rudimentary but efficient production line involving more than 100 illegal miners. They are attached to 12 different operational plants scattered across the settlement, each about 150m² in size.
A huge illegal gold mining operation has become the economic pillar of the Angelo informal settlement on Gauteng's East Rand, driving an informal economy that employs residents and pumps cash into local businesses...From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.
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