4 more illegal miners resurface in Stilfontein

JOHANNESBURG - Four more illegal miners have resurfaced from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, as efforts to retrieve hundreds of zama zamas enter another week.

The latest group to resurface from the old Buffelsfontein gold mine emerged from shaft 10 earlier on Monday.

This is the same shaft where a dozen others resurfaced last week.

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They received medical attention and were thereafter due to be processed by police.

In November, law enforcement intensified its crackdown on illegal mining in the area leading to the arrest of more than 1,200 zama zamas on various charges including the possession of gold bearing material, trespassing and the contravention of the Immigration Act.