NORTH WEST - North West Health MEC Sello Lehari will provide an update today, on the completion of autopsies of deceased illegal miners recovered from the Stilfontein mine.
Since August last year, over 2,000 suspected illegal miners have been arrested, as part of Operation Vala Umgodi at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine.
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More than 70 bodies of miners who perished underground have been recovered.
They had been underground for months, in rapidly deteriorating conditions, after authorities cut off their food and water supplies in November.