Stilfontein

More bodies of illegal miners emerge in Stilfonetein

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More bodies of illegal miners emerge in Stilfonetein

Rescue operations in Stilfontein are far from over. More bodies of illegal miners keep surfacing as rescue operations are taking place. There are reportedly more than 1 300 illegal miners that have resurfaced so far.  MORE BODIES RETRIEVED  IOL reported on 4 December that after residents were granted permission to lower food, more bodies were pulled … Read more

Six bodies pulled from Stilfontein mine

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Six bodies pulled from Stilfontein mine

Six bodies have been extracted over the past two days from an abandoned mine in the town of Stilfontein in South Africa, where hundreds of clandestine miners are still underground, a community leader confirmed on Wednesday. “Six bodies were retrieved in two days, four today and two yesterday,” said Johannes Qankase, a spokesman for the … Read more