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South Africa police blockade on illegal miners lifted

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South African court orders police blockade of disused goldmine to be lifted.

Hundreds of illegal miners have been underground for more than a month in Stilfontein .

Police have blocked food and water entering the mine to "smoke them out" The miners have so far refused to exit the mine over fears of being arrested.

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80

Informative language

79

Neutral language

57

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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1

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