Officials from the SA Police Service (SAPS) were silent and on standby on Tuesday while more than 500 mineworkers remained trapped underground by their colleagues for nearly 48 hours in a dispute over union recognition at a site owned by Gold One.

There was a heavy security presence at the mine with armed guards at the entry and exit points and hundreds of miners with union paraphernalia following developments...

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