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Artisanal miners pan for gold in a hole dug in a patch of land where artisanal miners look for gold outside Springs, Ekurhuleni, South Africa, on February 15, 2026. [AFP]
The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever.
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