STILFONTEIN - Government's Mine Rescue Services and independent contractors are preparing to retrieve illegal miners from the Stilfontein mine in North West.
This after a court ordered the Mineral Resources and Energy Department to rescue the zama zamas, who have been underground for months.
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There's been a tense standoff with police since November, and miners have died underground.
Those that have come out alive are in an increasingly weak state.