More illegal miners arrested in Stilfontein as they resurface
3 days ago · “Since Monday 30 December 2024 until today, 12 illegal miners were placed under arrest for illegal mining, trespassing and contravention of the Immigration Act in Stilfontein. on Monday, six illegal miners resurfaced in Stilfontein at Margaret Shaft and on Thursday 2 January 2025, four more resurfaced at Margaret Shaft; and two at ...
Stilfontein illegal miners ‘eat human flesh’, cockroaches – rescued …
1 day ago · According to the NGO, at least nine bodies have been retrieved from the Stilfontein shafts and 34 miners rescued through a makeshift pulley operation led by people from the nearby Khuma village.
‘It’s tough down there’: More details emerge on situation at ...
Nov 25, 2024 · A group of 14 illegal miners resurfaced from shaft 10 at the disused Stilfontein mine on Sunday. According to police, all the men are Mozambique nationals, and a 14-year-old boy is among them.
Police say the resurfacing of illegal miners in Stilfontein
Dec 29, 2024 · Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Subscribe now A mine shaft in Stilfontein where hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground after ...
Stilfontein mine: 47 illegal miners due in court - Eyewitness News
Dec 30, 2024 · JOHANNESBURG - Forty-seven illegal miners are expected to appear at the Stilfontein Magistrates Court in the North West on Monday. Police said the zama zamas emerged from the Margaret and ...
4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff ... - CBS News
Nov 14, 2024 · South African police confirm the partly decomposed body of one miner had been brought to the surface from inside the Stilfontein mine in the country's North West province Thursday morning. Five...
Volunteers enter South Africa shaft to aid miners - BBC
Nov 15, 2024 · Dozens of volunteers have entered an abandoned gold mine in South Africa to help what could be thousands of illegal miners who have been underground for a month. Because the miners entered the...
Court orders illegal miners in Stilfontein be allowed to exit shaft
Nov 17, 2024 · The South African Police Service (SAPS) has welcomed the interim court order issued by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria regarding the illegal miners underground in Stilfontein, North West.
Stilfontein's dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
Nov 19, 2024 · A few weeks ago, a warning message typed by the authorities and translated into Sesotho, Xhosa and Tsonga circulated among illegal miners in Stilfontein, urging people underground to "exit at the Margaret Shaft as it is the safest existing exit".
Court orders South Africa police to end mine stand-off | CNN
Nov 17, 2024 · The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, said in an interim ruling that all miners underground in the mine in Stilfontein should be allowed to leave and no one should block their exit, according...
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