Police make community rescuers at Stilfontein sign indemnity forms before helping trapped miners

Police have cut water and food supplies to the miners, insisting that they will not negotiate with ‘criminals’

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“We have consulted the owners of the mine and the department of mineral resources and energy who have confirmed that it is not safe to go down there,” Mathe said. “We are not going to celebrate crime. We are not going to allow crime to thrive under our watch. We are doing what we are supposed to do and that is to prevent and combat criminality.”who told a media briefing this week that the government would not attempt to rescue those trapped at the mine but would instead “smoke them out”.

“The place is stinking, people have died there. The people are not refusing to come out — there’s no food and water there and they do not have the strength to come out,” he told the“It’s also too dark there and there’s no light which makes it difficult for them to move. So, they requested torches and or batteries for their lights.

“They just want to gain popularity by using the plight we are facing here. Their job here is just killing people. Even when a criminal is arrested for murder, you give them food.”

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