The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that a rescue mining company should urgently start operations to extricate miners trapped in Shafts 10 and 11 at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein in the North West.

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Gauteng High Court orders govt to urgently begin rescuing trapped zama zamas in Stilfontein

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Letters from Stilfontein: Illegal miners say there are 109 bodies underground

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High court orders government to urgently rescue trapped Stilfontein miners

High Court mandates urgent action to save Stilfontein miners Janine2 Fri, 01/10/2025 - 20:09 
The bodies of two more illegal miners have been retrieved from a mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West. 
JOHANNESBURG - The High Court has ordered mine rescue operations to immediately begin at Shafts 10 and 11 of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein.This follows an urgent application by Zinzi Tom, whose brother is among the hundreds of min…

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High Court mandates urgent action to save Stilfontein miners

The state is busy with the final paperwork to pay for a professional rescue operation to bring illegal diggers to the surface in the Stilfontein area in the North West.

Die staat is besig met die finale papierwerk om te betaal vir ’n professionele reddingsoperasie om onwettige delwers in die Stilfontein-omgewing in Noordwes na die oppervlak te bring.

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Netwerk24 | Stilfontein: 'State will soon save zama-zamas'

Illegal miners in Stilfontein, North West, claim more than a hundred bodies are still trapped underground. The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) warns that the death toll could rise significantly if action is not taken to assist the illegal miners. Gisuwa president Mametlwe Sebei says the lack of food and medical supplies underground could cause a rise in the number of casualties. “When we last communicated with them, I t…

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The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa warned that the number of dead bodies trapped in the Stilfontein Mine could increase without assistance.

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Stilfontein: Zama zamas claim over 100 bodies still trapped underground

By Everson Luhanga 
Stillfontein miners have asked for traditional herbs to perform ancestral rituals as they face starvation underground.  
Over 1,500 miners have already come out while others claim 109 have died below ground.   Illegal miners underground in Stilfontein have asked for imphepho herbs to help them talk to their ancestors. In a handwritten note sent up on Thursday, the starving miners asked for cleaning fluid and imphepho—a tradit…

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Stillfontein miners ask for ritual herbs to speak to ancestors

Pretoria – The high court in Pretoria has ordered Mine Rescue Services to begin operations to rescue “illegal miners” trapped underground in Shafts 10 and 11 of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West. This ruling follows an urgent application brought by Zinzi Tom, whose brother, Ayanda Tom, is among the hundreds of miners trapped underground since July 2024.   During the hearing on Friday, (10 January 20225), the court heard tha…

Gauteng High Court orders govt to urgently begin rescuing trapped zama zamas in Stilfontein

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