Illegal Gold Mining Hits Record Death Toll in South Africa
- Rescuers recover 24 bodies so far this year, most on record
- Gangs camp out in abandoned mines for months in search of gold
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Illegal gold mining is getting worse in South Africa, according to rescuers, who hauled a record number of dead bodies from abandoned mines this year.
“It’s spiraling out of control,” Christo de Klerk, chief executive officer of Mines Rescue Services (Pty) Ltd., told reporters in Johannesburg Tuesday. “It’s getting worse and worse and worse.”