Mixed message on how to deal with Stilfontein crisis “Police Minister Senzo Mchunu spoke about the rescue last November, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the miners should be ...

A desperate fight for survival, harsh criticism of the authorities and millions in damage to South Africa's economy: the drama surrounding trapped illegal miners in the abandoned gold mine near ...

Authorities made clear their approach when South African Cabinet Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told reporters in November that the government would not help the miners, who they consider criminals.

President @CyrilRamaphosa, accompanied by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola and Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, will attend today's proceedings.

Authorities made clear their approach when South African Cabinet Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told reporters in November that the government would not help the miners, who they consider criminals.

SMOKE THEM OUT' Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said in November: "We are not sending help to criminals. We are going to smoke them out." But a court said in December that ...