JOHANNESBURG - Stillfontein is a massacre.
This was how General Industries Workers Union president Mametlwe Sebe described the situation at the abandoned mine in North West.
Claims are that hundreds of illegal miners are reported to be still underground.
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The High Court in Pretoria has ordered government to rescue illegal miners in Stilfontein. Retrieval of the illegal miners is expected to begin on Monday.