JOHANNESBURG - Concerns are mounting over the slow pace in retrieving illegal miners from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, in the North West.
It's alleged the last time miners received food was on 24 December.
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Community members are now threatening to embark on a mass protest to force government to step in and rescue the zama zamas.
North West Acting Police Commissioner, Patrick Asaneng, discussed this with eNCA.