Food and water sent down after 2 weeks

Published Jan 9, 2025, 4:03 PM

Stilfontein Community members are expected to start sending food and water to illegal miners who remain underground at the abandoned Stilfontein mine shaft today. It has been 2 weeks since anything was sent down to the miners and this resulted in reports that the miners resorted to cannibalism due to a lack of food. To get an understanding of what is happening today and what will happen going forward, I am joined on the line by…

 

GUEST: Christopher Rutledge, Executive Director: Mining Affected Communities United in Action