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South Africa: More than 150 rescued from Mpumalanga gold mine

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More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in Mpumalanga province .

Police say three bodies were recovered earlier this week on the first day of the rescue operation.

Most of those rescued, reportedly foreign nationals, claim they were forced underground against their will to search for gold.