STILFONTEIN - Authorities say there is no funding to bring machinery to extract illegal miners in Stilfontein shafts.
This amid fears that more of the miners will die.
Eight bodies have so far been retrieved.
WATCH: Illegal mining | Official rescue operation has not begun in Stilfontein
According to letters from miners underground, more bodies are pilling up.
It's over a month now since this operation began in attempts to evacuate illegal miners underground.
Police continue to monitor the situation at all identified entry and exit points.
- eNCA reporter Bafedile Moerane has more.