Illegal mining | Police vow to dig up zama zama kingpins

STILFONTEIN - Rescue operations in Stilfontein have ended, with police saying no miners remain underground.

Since Monday, 246 zama zamas were rescued and 78 bodies recovered.

That brings the total number of miners retrieved to 1,907 since August.

READ: Stilfontein mine rescue operation comes to an end

But the work of police and the army is far from over.

The Department of Mineral Resources is expected to rehabilitate the shafts before the SAPS concludes Operation Vala Umgodi in May. 

• eNCA's Bafedile Moerane reports.