SABIE, Mpumalanga - Operations to rescue 150 illegal miners in Sabie, Mpumalanga have been suspended overnight.
The bodies of three people were pulled from the mine on Wednesday.
So were seven live zama zamas.
Police say the pulley system they're using is no longer safer.
eNCA reporter Pule Letshwiti-Jones is following that story and has more details in the video above.