YESTERDAY , The High Court in Pretoria ordered that the mine shaft in Stilfontein, North West, where suspected illegal miners have been retrieved must be unblocked for emergency personnel and that no person should block it. This comes after the Society for the Protection of our Constitution approached the court on an urgent basis. The court  ordered  that any miners underground should be permitted to exit and that emergency personnel may enter the mine shaft. The Operation Vala Umgodi task team continues and police and other safety officials will remain on-site until all illegal miners resurface and are apprehended. To get the latest Bongiwe Zwane spoke to SABC reporter Thabiso Moss, National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe and  Alan Martin, independent investigative researcher and technical adviser specialising in illicit artisanal mining