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Police minister Senzo Mchunu visits the site where illegal miners are trapped underground in Khuma, Stilfontein, on November 16, 2024. (Photo by Elizabeth Sejake/Rapport/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ABANDONED MINE NORTH WEST

Lawyers say ‘trapped’ illegal miners in Stilfontein can’t surface without help

Over 1500 miners have exited, but authorities are unable to say how many more remain underground

  • Aarti Bhana
4 min read