JOHANNESBURG - Police have dismissed claims that there are over 4,000 zama zamas underground in a Stilfontein mine in the North West.
So far, the body of one illegal miner has been retrieved.
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The situation remains volatile while police insist the miners are refusing to resurface despite suffering from hunger and dehydration.
eNCA's Bafedile Moerane has more in the video above.