A South African city called Welkom in the Free State has seen an increase in underground cities with rise of the so called Zama-zamas.

Zama it basically means "Try."

The Zama-zamas go into mines some mines "Trying" to find as much gold as possible to sell on the black market.

Some of the mines have been closed off and some there are operation running on a daily bases.

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The have been many reports of death especially with mines that have been closed off and not managed.

So clearly going underground it is very dangerous and in most of the cases they stay underground for months and months without resurfacing.
Going underground for months raises needs for certain things which brings us to the inflation of prices underground.

Millions of rands in sex, food and alcohol is being traded in secret underground cities linked to illegal mining activities in small towns such as Welkom in the Free State.

At the time of compiling this blog $1 USD to R12.73 ZAR so divide the price by 12.73

• Toilet paper is R300 per roll (about $23.56)
• Sex with a prostitute comes at R2 500 (about $196.39)

"There are entire towns down there. People go down specifically to sell. Some go down for sex. That costs R2500. The sex is from either prostitutes that are brought down or from legal women miners. When they take their shift breaks they meet the illegals for a few hours"

SOURCE - Dungeons of gold: Sex, booze and braais in underground mine cities

Even legal mining women tend to go that side of mine with the Zama-Zamas to have this expensive underground sex...image sleeping with 4 guys during a lunch break ($196.39 x 4 = $785.56) about R10k no tax.

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