After a court granted an interim order, food was sent below the surface to the remaining unknown number of illegal miners at the Stilfontein mine.
A community group, this time, applied for an urgent order for assistance following a previously dismissed onePerishables have been sent to the remaining miners underground at the Stilfontein mine after another interim court order was granted for their relief.
The first phase was to clear the site, removing boulders and concrete slabs blocking the shaft's entrance to avert the danger of them falling into the shaft and crushing the illegal miners underneath. "Once all the data has been analysed, we will know when and how to begin with the third phase, which is to safely resurface .
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