Stilfontein Mine: Rescue Efforts Underway To Extract Unknown Number of Illegal Miners [Video]

• A rescue operation has been launched at the Stilfontein mine in Klerksdorp to bring up the illegal miners trapped underground
• The provincial government has appointed a private mine rescue team to lead the operation after a standoff with police
• A Community Safety and Transport Management MEC in the North West spoke to Briefly News about the operation
• Wessels Morweng said that a team were clearing a site for the rescuers and would determine the exact number of illegal miners

STILFONTEIN — The situation at the Stilfontein mine in the North West has turned into a rescue mission, while a court’s ruling on an interim order it granted for relief for those beneath the ground has been postponed.

For over a month, illegal miners have remained underground inside a shaft at the sealed-off facility in Klerksdorp, North-West, reportedly fearing arrest.

Efforts underway …