Two volunteers are at the forefront of a government-sanctioned rescue mission to retrieve illegal miners from Shaft 11 at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein.

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Two South Africans among 106 latest illegal miners to be retrieved from Stilfontein shaft with death toll at 51

Another 18 bodies were retrieved from the disused Stilfontein mine in the North West on Wednesday morning.

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Johannesburg

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

Gauteng

IN PICS | 18 more bodies retrieved from disused Stilfontein mine

Another 22 illegal miners were also brought to the surface of the mine

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Further 18 bodies retrieved from disused Stilfontein mine

As day two of the 10-to-16-day operation to rescue illegal miners trapped underground at the Buffelsfontein gold mine just outside Stilfontein came to a close on Tuesday evening, 14 January, the number of bodies retrieved reached 51.

Daily Maverick

Stilfontein body count mounts as 51 corpses hauled from mine, 106 rescued

While rescue teams worked to retrieve illegal miners trapped in the Buffelsfontein gold mine just outside Stilfontein, anxious relatives watched from the sidelines as miners and corpses were brought out of the abandoned shaft. ‘Yesterday, I heard on the news that corpses were brought out of the mine,” Matumelo (not her real name) told Daily Maverick during day two of the rescue operation to retrieve miners trapped in the Buffelsfontein gold mine…

The Namibian

Windhoek

Khomas Region

Namibia

Mantashe and Mchunu told to ‘voetsek’ after 27 bodies retrieved from Stilfontein mine

Stilfontein – The grim rescue mission at shaft 11 in Stilfonten, North West, continued Wednesday with 18 more bodies retrieved from underground and brought to the surface. Since the rescue mission began this week on Monday, at least 78 bodies have been brought to the surface using a cage that is being lowered more than 2 km beneath the ground. Giving an update on the rescue, police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said: “A total of 84 alive…

The Bulrushes

Stilfontein Rescue: 18 More Bodies Retrieved, 84 Illegal Miners Rescued - The Bulrushes

Rescue efforts at a disused South African gold mine in Stilfontein have recovered six more bodies, bringing the death toll to 15. The operation, now in its second day, has led to the rescue of 34 individuals. However, scores of illegal miners, known locally as “zama zamas,” are still trapped underground. Last year, Stilfontein authorities… Read More »Stilfontein Tragedy: Rescuers Recover More Bodies as Illegal Mining Crisis Deepens

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