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Top 10 stories of the day: Court denies Stilfontein miners’ aid | Crime stats | Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85News today includes the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed an application to seek final relief for the illegal miners still underground at Stilfontein, North West.
A system of pulleys and ropes installed by members of the South Africa Police Service is set up over an entrance to a disused gold mine shaft in Stilfontein, around 150 kilometres south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 November 2024. A South African court has ordered the lifting of a police blockade of the abandoned gold mine, in which people are illegally located. Police had blocked the mine in an attempt to force the people inside to exit.
The presentation painted a positive picture, with all of the country’s serious crimes showing quarter-on-quarter decrease.Crime stats: Murder rate down but more than 50 000 sexual offences in last 12 months South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach died in Paris over the weekend, his family confirmed.
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