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17 illegal miners resurface from shafts

Nandi Ntini Social Justice News Reporter
Police officers during an operation where miners are currently underground.
Police officers during an operation where miners are currently underground.
Image: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

Three teenagers are among 17 illegal miners who resurfaced from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, North West, on Wednesday. 

Police spokesperson Brig Sabata Mokgwabone said: "Of the 17 illegal miners, 14, all foreign nationals from Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, resurfaced from Margaret Shaft and three at Shaft No 10. They are still being processed," he said.

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