Zuko Komisa

In the North West’s Stilfontein, an illegal miner’s body was recovered from an abandoned mine shaft. The illegal miners are refusing to emerge despite an attempt to drive the illegal miners out of the shaft by cutting off their vital food and water supply.
It is believed that local residents removed the remains on Thursday afternoon. According to police spokesman Athlenda Mathe, the circumstances surrounding the illegal miner’s death are being looked into.
“We can confirm that as of 2pm this afternoon [Thursday], a total of 1,173 illegal miners have since resurfaced,” she said. “We do have a decomposed body that was brought up this afternoon [Thursday] The pathologist have arrived and our detectives are also at the scene,” said Mathe
Point of View with Phemelo Motene spoke to AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa and the Spokesperson of the National Association of Artisanal Miners, Zethu Hlatshwayo.
Listen to the full conversation here:
#sapsNW [UPDATE] Third illegal miner resurfacing just after 15:30 this afternoon. Two others resurfaced at another abandoned shaft today. The body of a decomposed body of an illegal miner was brought up earlier. Police have registered an inquest to investigate circumstances… https://t.co/6dbrZHOdUC pic.twitter.com/fxzJS3TnFy
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) November 14, 2024
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