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Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners

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Despite concerns for the miners' well-being, police had stopped food, water, and medicine deliveries approximately two weeks ago. In response, a High Court in Pretoria ruled that all miners should be allowed to exit the mines unimpeded, contradicting the police's blockade strategy. Experts are using cameras to assess the feasibility of a rescue operation, which has been delayed due to safety concerns.

  1. ZA
    South African Police Service
    1. All those who resurface will continue to be assessed by emergency medical personnel on site, as has been the case.
  2. ZA
    Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
    African National Congress Party
    1. We are going to smoke them out. They will come out.
    2. We are not sending help to criminals. Criminals are not to be helped, criminals are to be persecuted.
  3. ZA
    Cyril Ramaphosa
    African National Congress Party
    1. Acts of violence and intimidation of communities by illegal miners is well documented. Some illegal miners have been implicated in serious and violent crimes, including murder and gang-rape. Many are in the country illegally.
    2. The police must take great care to ensure that lives are not put at risk and that the rights of all people are respected.
  4. NL
    David Van Wyk
    Benchmarks Foundation
    1. We've got about 6,000 abandoned mines in the country.

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sources

  1. 1.DW News
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse
  5. 5.South African Broadcasting Corporation

perspectives

  1. 1.Organized crime
  2. 2.Mining industry
  3. 3.South African politics
  4. 4.South Africa under Cyril Ramaphosa

countries

  1. 1.South AfricaZA

organizations

  1. 1.Benchmarks Foundation
  2. 2.School of Oriental and African Studies
  3. 3.South African Human Rights Commission
  4. 4.South African Police ServiceZA

persons

  1. 1.Athlenda MatheZA
  2. 2.Cyril RamaphosaZA
  3. 3.David Van WykNL
  4. 4.Jason Okundaye
  5. 5.Johannes Qankase
  6. 6.Khumbudzo NtshavheniZA
  7. 7.Nesrine Malik
  8. 8.Yasmin Omar

technicals

  1. 1.Long Wave
  2. 2.Operation Vala Umgodi
Court orders South Africa police to end standoff with illegal miners