Two illegal miners rushed to hospital after being rescued from abandoned Stilfontein mine

STILFONTEIN - Two illegal miners have been rushed to hospital after being brought up to the surface at an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, North West.  

The two men are the latest to resurface from a group of illegal miners - thought to be in the hundreds - at a disused mine shaft.  

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Police recently intensified efforts to shut down illegal networks at several mines across the country.  

So far, more than a thousand illegal zama zamas have been arrested.  

Earlier this week, a decomposed body was recovered at the old Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein.  

National coordinator of the Mining Affected Communities United in Action, Meshack Mbangula said the survivors’ condition is stable.  

“We saw the volunteers coming in today and when they came in, they started to throw the rope down, and after throwing the rope down, they pulled up one person, Mohapi Sello. He’s alive but very dehydrated, very weak, and now the rope has gone down again to retrieve other people.”