The police believe that the publicised number of 4 500 illegal miners stuck underground at a closed gold mine in Stilfontein was inflated by a volunteer who went underground using ropes on Tuesday.

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News24 | Police claim the number of illegal miners stuck underground was inflated by a volunteer

About 1,000 gold miners have already been arrested and the army and police are waiting for the rest.

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Stilfontein mine: Thousands of illegal 'zama zama' miners remain underground in South Africa

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an abandoned shaft to face arrest.

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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa

The body has emerged a day after South Africa's government said it would not be helping the miners - who have had their supplies of food and water cut off as police try to force them to resurface.

sky.com

Body pulled from mine after police cut off supplies to 'smoke out' thousands of illegal miners

The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies underground.

Africanews

South Africa declines aid for thousands of illegal Miners in closed mine

Law enforcement says it won’t give in to demands by illegal miners refusing to resurface from a disused mineshaft at Stilfontein in the North West.

News24 | Police claim the number of illegal miners stuck underground was inflated by a volunteer

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