A mine safety officer has detailed all the threats that illegal miners face underground as over 1,000 recently surfaced thanks to Operation Vala Umgodi.
Operation Vala Umgodi cut off supplies of food and water to the miners, forcing them to come outA Mine Safety Officer detailed the dangers that illegal miners faced as they stay months underground to try and get minerals. Image: Bloomberg Creative/ Sproetniek.The problem of illegal mining continues to make headlines in the country as Operation Vala Umgodi continues.Since the start of the operation, over 1,000 miners have been forced to resurface and have since been arrested.
“It’s a huge risk as no one tests for gasses in those areas. Even the cables they cut may cause an explosion,” she warned. She said that miner’s mental health was threatened as they went weeks and even months in the darkness, with only their fellow miners around.
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