By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
5 December 2024- The North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng said a total of seven bodies have been retrieved via Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein in the last five weeks. Morweng said the process of identifying the deceased and determining the cause and time of death is underway.
He further said they have noted and welcome the police report that 26 illegal miners have resurfaced from the disused mine in the last 48 hours. Morweng added that, of these, 14 are Mozambicans, 11 are Lesotho nationals and one is a South African.
“There had been an encouraging steady increase of illegal miners who have been surfacing on their own volition in the last seven days. I have been tasked by Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to chair a Multi-Sectoral Task Team to encourage miners to surface through safer shafts,” he said.
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