DStv Channel 403 Saturday, 18 January 2025

Illegal mining | Identification of retrieved Stilfontein bodies yet to resume

JOHANNESBURG - Over a hundred of the 246 illegal miners retrieved from a mine in Stilfontein, in the North West  appeared before the Stilfontein magistrate's court on Friday.

Twenty-one others will appear at a later stage due to their health conditions.

READ: SAHRC to investigate police over Stilfontein response

The identification process of the retrieved bodies is also yet to resume.

The Health Department is expected to use DNA testing to identify the bodies.

  • eNCA's Bafedile Moerane has more.

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