- 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.