The Aporia · Rachel Savage in Durban Deep

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1

2026-10-30 – 2026-10-30

Claims per article

46

46 extracted in total

Hedged claims

7%

corpus average 9%

Typical length

6,130

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Writes for The Guardian.

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Crime & Law

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ClawJohannesburgRoodepoortSouth AfricaSouth Africa’s

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2026-10-30 · The Guardian · Crime & Law

Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg

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2026-10-30 · The Guardian

Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg

🔮 In May, Kenny Kunene, the Johannesburg council member responsible for transport, took journalists on a tour of sinkholes that he claimed were the fault of zama zamas, including a section of Wemmer Pan Road that had completely collapsed. assertive

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