Kanana residents live in fear of being caught in crossfire between rival gangs

'Zama-zamas shoot one another all the time and we don't know why'

04 August 2022 - 07:41

By Penwell Dlamini

As police intensified their crack down on illegal miners on the West Rand, about 160km away in Orkney, near Klerkdorp, North West, zama-zamas have turned neighbourhoods into their playgrounds.

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