By Akani Nkuna
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged that the stand-off between police and illegal miners at Stilfontein in the North West be resolved peacefully and safely.
This follows tensions escalating after a body was dragged out of the mine last week after police decided to block entrances to stop food going to hundreds of illegal miners who are underground.
Over the weekend, the Gauteng North High Court ruled that emergency personnel must be allowed access to reach the illegal miners. Many of them are believed to be starving.
The president said in his weekly newsletter that while the area around the mine was a crime scene, police had to ensure that no one was hurt.
“The Stilfontein mine is a crime scene where the offence of illegal mining is being committed. It is standard police practice everywhere to secure a crime scene and to block off escape routes that
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