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A mining emergency is unfolding beneath the hills of Westonaria, South Africa. Nearly 300 miners are trapped underground at the Kloof Gold Mine—held against their will in what union leaders are calling a hostage crisis, not an accident.

According to the National Union of Mineworkers, this is no ordinary entrapment. They say 289 miners were forcibly detained by a breakaway group of workers in an apparent labor dispute.

The incident began Sunday night. When day shift workers failed to resurface, families raised the alarm. Sibanye-Stillwater, the mining company, says the delay was voluntary. But unions dispute that, calling for police intervention and emergency rescue.

South Africa's mining sector has long battled dangerous conditions and labor unrest. This case adds a bizarre and deeply troubling layer—turning an underground workplace into a battleground.

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