STILFONTEIN - As families gathered to celebrate Christmas, for many families in Khuma and Stilfontein near Klerksdorp this year was a Black Christmas.
They’ve been left in limbo, while their loved ones remain below ground in the abandoned mine shafts.
Letters emerging from underground are painting a bleak picture, with claims of more bodies piling up and zama zamas resorting to eating human flesh.
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On Wednesday morning, four miners resurfaced through shaft number 10.
They have been apprehended, with one of them under police guard at a hospital due to injuries he suffered.
The South African Police Service continues monitoring the situation at all identified entry and exit points.
- eNCA's Bafedile Moerane reports.