Maseru, Jan. 11—The High Court of South Africa (SA) has ordered Mine Rescue Services to begin operations to rescue illegal miners trapped in shafts 10 and 11 of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein.
The illegal miners are citizens of SA, Lesotho and Mozambique.
The ruling follows an urgent application brought by Zinzi Tom, whose brother Ayanda Tom is among the hundreds of miners trapped since July 2024.
The court has ordered the state to finalise and send a Service Level Agreement and a Letter of Appointment to Mine Rescue Services (MRS), and to ensure that the agreement was signed on Friday…
