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Mining
Stilfontein Mine | Calls for more efforts to retrieve illegal miners
There are growing calls for efforts to retrieve illegal miners from shaft 11 at an abandoned mine in Stilfontein in the North West, to be expedited, to avoid deaths underground. Police arrested some of the illegal miners when they resurfaced in the past weeks. It’s not clear how many remain underground. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all…
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‘We are rescuing criminals here’ – Govt to save illegal miners stuck in NW shaft
A plan has been set in motion to rescue hundreds, if not thousands, of illegal miners at an abandoned shaft in Stilfontein in the North West. The plan comes after local government roped in mining experts and community leaders to find a solution to an impasse between law enforcement and zama zamas underground at the old Buffelsfontein mine. [ad_2] source
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Illegal Mining | Hunger, dehydration force illegal miners to re-surface
Illegal mining is again on the police’s radar with the Vala Umgodi task teams in the North West stamping the authority of the state. 225 illegal miners were arrested in the North West after they emerged from an old mining shaft in Orkney due to starvation and dehydration. Hunger and dehydration force illegal miners to re-surface Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda…
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