By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners and allow emergency workers to gain access to a shaft where hundreds are believed to be holed up. The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, said in an interim ruling that all miners  underground in the mine in Stilfontein should be allowed to leave and no one should block their exit, according to state broadcaster SABC. Yasmin Omar, an atto…

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A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a mine shaft where several hundred are believed to remain after the government cut off vital supplies.

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Rescue operations involving volunteers ongoing in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground. Read More The post Two saved from abandoned South Africa gold mine after court orders rescue appeared first on Drudge Report.

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JOHANNESBURG. A volunteer rescue effort has begun to help hundreds of illegal miners in an abandoned shack in central South Africa. Police have blocked shipments of food, clean water and medicine to mine workers for months, but this weekend a South African court ruled that the blockade was illegal.

JOHANNESBURG. En frivillig räddningsinsats har inletts för att bistå hundratals illegala gruvarbetare i ett övergivet schakt i centrala Sydafrika. Polisen har under månader blockerat försändelser av mat, rent vatten och medicin till gruvarbetarna, men i helgen slog en sydafrikansk domstol fast att blockaden är olaglig.

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A South African court has ordered that a police blockade of a disused goldmine, in which hundreds of people are located illegally, be lifted. Emergency - Kenya breaking news

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The South African Police Service (SAPS) has welcomed the interim court order issued by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria regarding the illegal miners underground in Stilfontein, North West.  Initially, it was reported that over 4000 were underground; however, police said the number was far-fetched, and the estimated number of Zama zamas is around 400.  HIGH COURT ORDERS ILLEGAL MINERS “TRAPPED” STILFONTEIN BE ALLOWED TO EXIT MINE SHAFT  The mat…

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