The South African Police Service (SAPS) rescued 246 illegal miners from the Stilfontein mine shaft on January 13th, 2025, along with 78 deceased bodies. The operation revealed that nearly all the rescued miners were foreign nationals, with only 26 being South African. This incident highlights the ongoing issue of illegal mining in the country.
The South Africa n Police Service revealed that a large number of the miners that emerged from the Stilfontein Mine were MozambicanBriefly News
current affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, unemployment, labour, service delivery protests and immigration in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi All but 26 of the illegal miners retrieved from Stilfontein were foreign nationals. Images: Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu via Getty Images and /AFP via Getty Images, SAPS's national spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, said the police retrieved 246 people from the Stilfontein mine shaft on 13 January 2025. They also retrieved 78 bodies. She revealed that 1905 zama zamas resurfaced between August 2024 and 15 January. The Margaret shaft yielded 1437 illegal miners., and 200 were from Lesotho.
"It might well be time to vote the ANC out of office. They have failed to secure South Africa's borders.""What would happen if thousands of South Africans entered Zimbabwe illegally and started mining illegally, causing damage to the environment and causing problems with the surrounding communities?"Tebogo Mokwena
Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. He joined Briefly News in 2023.
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