The illegal miners holed up underground also requested cleaning materials and detergents, imphepho and food.
| Published 4h agoThe group of illegal miners holed up underground at the disused mines at Stilfontein in North West have sent two letters, alleging that more than 100 people have died in the deep shafts.It had been weeks since communication had been dispatched from the group of illegal miners, colloquially referred to as zama zamas. Two two letters received on Thursday paint a grim picture of the situation in the mine shafts.
“The accused include 10 Lesotho nationals, four Mozambican and five Zimbabwean undocumented foreign nationals with ages between 20 and 43," said North West provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone. The sentences are wholly suspended for a period of five years on condition that the miners are not convicted again for illegal mining during the period of suspension.
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