NGO insists zama zamas are trapped underground, desperate to resurface and courts might be approached again

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NGO insists zama zamas are trapped underground, desperate to resurface and courts might be approached again
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Christopher Rutledge, executive director of MACUA insists his organisation might have to approach court again, arguing that SAPS is acting in bad faith and miners are trapped.

NGO insists zama zamas are trapped underground, desperate to resurface and courts might be approached again

The disused mine shaft at Stilfontein, North West. File Picture: Timothy Bernard / Independent Newspapersbroadcaster Newzroom Afrika “The information we are getting from the ground is not the same as what the police are telling the nation, they are not acting in good faith as far as we can tell. It is not a simple matter of allowing people to exit from Margaret shaft. The police commissioner there knows that what we are dealing with are hundreds of kilometres of underground mine pathways and tunnels. It is almost impossible to navigate with a map, never mind without a map.

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