JOHANNESBURG - The government has been instructed to appoint a rescue mining company to save illegal miners trapped in Stilfontein.
Judge Ronel Tolmay's Friday ruling follows an urgent application by Zinzi Tom, whose brother is among those still underground.
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According to Lawyers for Human Rights, the number of zama zama fatalities has hit 109.
MACUA Programmes Director, Fatima Vally, spoke to eNCA.