Rescue operations continue to take place as more bodies emerge in an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein
More bodies of illegal miners emerge in Stilfoneteinare far from over. More bodies of illegal miners keep surfacing as rescue operations are taking place. There are reportedly more than 1 300 illegal miners that have resurfaced so far. reported on 4 December that after residents were granted permission to lower food, more bodies were pulled to the surface.
“The rescue space requires funding to go in there and as I said that we are engaging other departments with a view to find out as to actually then how do we do and who’s responsible,” he explained. He added that the government should not starve people to death or defy a court order, as anyone who is in South Africa, legally or illegally, has the same rights as those born in South Africa.
Speaking to SABC News, Mpumalanga Province Police spokesperson Brigadier Donald Mdhluli said that approximately 68 people have been brought to the surface. reported that Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola says that if more food is sent to the illegal miners, it might encourage them to stay down there longer.
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