The Minister in the Presidency says scores of zama zamas trapped inside the abandoned mine shaft in the North West, without any food or water, must be 'smoked out' and prosecuted.
CAPE TOWN - Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says the government won't be sending any help to thousands of illegal miners trapped underground in Stilfontein.
Ntshavheni added they can't send law enforcement down the shaft to assist the illegal miners as this might put their lives in danger.
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