KIMBERLEY - The identities of bodies recovered at the Ekapa Mine will be identified using DNA.
Only then will officials release the names.
The miners were trapped underground after a mudslide in February.
"The information we have is that they have informed the families. There will be positive identification," said Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources.
"That's why I assume our health and safety and the police will be involved in conducting DNA tests, post-mortem, so that you can identify those people as the right people."
Mantashe said government will help with the funerals of the miners.
He also wants a full investigation into the tragedy.