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Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by RandDigital: 12:50am On Jan 20
Only 26 South Africans were among the almost 2,000 zama zamas (illegal miners) who resurfaced alive from the Stilfontein illegal mining operations.

SA Police Spokesperson (SAPS) national spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said their operation at the Buffelsfontein shaft 11 that started on Monday led to the retrieval of 246 people and 78 bodies.

Breakdown of the nationalities of those retrieved (since last Monday):

Mozambican: 128
Lesotho: 80
Zimbabweans: 33
South Africans: 5

Mathe said between August 18 2024 and Wednesday, 1,905 zama zamas had resurfaced.

The majority of them — 1,125 — were Mozambicans, followed by Zimbabweans (465) with 200 being from Lesotho. There were only 26 South Africans.

The other two were a Malawian and a Congolese.

The total number of bodies recovered was 87.

“Of the illicit miners arrested nine are still in hospital under police guard,” Mathe said.
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2025-01-16-stilfontein-in-numbers-only-26-of-the-almost-2000-zama-zamas-are-south-african/

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by nothingspoil70: 1:02am On Jan 20
No Nigerian? Why are we being marginalised?

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by RandDigital: 1:07am On Jan 20
nothingspoil70:
No Nigerian? Why are we being marginalised?

Don't cry, una is #1 drug dealers and everything else wahala🏆

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by calaway(m): 1:44am On Jan 20
Wow how time has changed a lot of things......I remember when there was apartheid in SA it was very painful for Nigerians to bear including my baby self, Nigeria led a global crusade to liberate our black brothers.....when the chips are down really we only have each other....it was an uphill task as the western world turned a blind and even supported the oppression of our brothers in their own land including Israel..... Nigeria sponsored the education of very many SAns and even ensured their well being. That was why after Mandela was sworn in as president his first official tour was to Nigeria to say THANK YOU......young SAns will never know what their grandparents went through and the sacrifices and role Nigeria made and played for the life of freedom they enjoy today.

I know the SAn youth of today don't even know Eddy grant or sunny okosun they are oblivious of the huge efforts Nigeria put in for the freedom they enjoy today.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMrzwg6OucI&pp=ygUORmlyZSBpbiBTb3dldG8%3D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ZplG81oZg&pp=ygUdZWRkeSBncmFudCBnaW1tZSBob3BlIGpvJ2FubmE%3D

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by RandDigital: 1:51am On Jan 20
calaway:
Wow how time has changed a lot of things......I remember when there was apartheid in SA it was very painful for Nigerians to bear including my baby self, Nigeria lead a global crusade to liberate our black brothers.....when the chips are down really we only have each other....it was an uphill task as the western world turned a blind and even supported the oppression of our brothers in their own land including isreal..... Nigeria ponsored the education of very many SAns and even ensured their well being. That was why after Mandela was sworn in as president his first official tour was to Nigeria to say THANK YOU......young SA will never know what their grandparents went through and the sacrifices and role Nigeria made and played for the life of freedom they enjoy today.

I know the SA youth of today don't even know Eddy grant or sunny okosun they are oblivious of the huge efforts Nigeria put in for the freedom the enjoy today.


Indeed how times have changed. Africans engaged in all sorts of criminality in SA. Stats don't lie.
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by omowolewa: 1:55am On Jan 20
It's Southern African affairs
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by calaway(m): 1:58am On Jan 20
RandDigital:


Indeed how times have changed. Africans engaged in all sorts of criminality in SA. Stats don't lie.
SAns also engage in criminality to a larger proportion like every where else........but SA must be thankful for the freedom and preserve it.

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by RandDigital: 2:01am On Jan 20
calaway:

SAns also engage in criminality to a larger proportion like every where else........but SA must be thankful for the freedom and preserve it.

Engage these stats some more. It's clear you're in denial.

Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by IbnB: 2:29am On Jan 20
calaway:
Wow how time has changed a lot of things......I remember when there was apartheid in SA it was very painful for Nigerians to bear including my baby self, Nigeria lead a global crusade to liberate our black brothers.....when the chips are down really we only have each other....it was an uphill task as the western world turned a blind and even supported the oppression of our brothers in their own land including Israel..... Nigeria sponsored the education of very many SAns and even ensured their well being. That was why after Mandela was sworn in as president his first official tour was to Nigeria to say THANK YOU......young SAns will never know what their grandparents went through and the sacrifices and role Nigeria made and played for the life of freedom they enjoy today.

I know the SAn youth of today don't even know Eddy grant or sunny okosun they are oblivious of the huge efforts Nigeria put in for the freedom they enjoy today.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMrzwg6OucI&pp=ygUORmlyZSBpbiBTb3dldG8%3D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ZplG81oZg&pp=ygUdZWRkeSBncmFudCBnaW1tZSBob3BlIGpvJ2FubmE%3D

So they should súck your dick for all eternity because you helped fight apartheid?

Typical Nigerian

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by calaway(m): 2:43am On Jan 20
IbnB:


So they should súck your dick for all eternity because you helped fight apartheid?

Typical Nigerian

Get u wretched mind out of the gutter....and appreciate the larger picture. Now Africans can operate their own mines which was not the case B4 so preserve the freedom by enforcing proper management and accountability.

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by owobokiri(m): 4:10am On Jan 20
RandDigital:


Don't cry, una is #1 drug dealers and everything else wahala🏆
While you're #1 at spreading HIV, car jacking, baby mamaism, rape and violent crimes, right?

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by marlow1962(m): 6:37am On Jan 20
Oh wow
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by JASONjnr(m): 6:39am On Jan 20
And one xenophobic parliamentarian made a careless statement about them... Thinking that they were all illegal miners from Nigeria whom they hate so much.

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Arostar2023: 6:39am On Jan 20
nothingspoil70:
No Nigerian? Why are we being marginalised?

Dem no blame Nigerians for this one. Their local urchins and ronus would be very disappointed grin

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Stilloracle: 6:44am On Jan 20
But the kingpins that recruits them and sponsor them are ALL SOUTH AFRICANS
They are the ones that lure the poor and vulnerable from those countries to go underground for them

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Arostar2023: 6:44am On Jan 20
RandDigital:


Indeed how times have changed. Africans engaged in all sorts of criminality in SA. Stats don't lie.

South Africans engage in all sorts violent crimes and blame others for it. I have got Nigerians that studied for their Masters in South Africa and told me stories of how they barely escaped with their lives from native South African armed robbers.

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by donmixc: 6:47am On Jan 20
The rest are infidels from southern part of Nigeria 😂🤣
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Samantha125(f): 6:48am On Jan 20
But they do all these things while in their country, so how is it your business though?

owobokiri:

While you're #1 at spreading HIV, car jacking, baby mamaism, rape and violent crimes, right?

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Saao(m): 6:49am On Jan 20
RandDigital:


Indeed how times have changed. Africans engaged in all sorts of criminality in SA. Stats don't lie.
atleast digest the message before replying to him.

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Maxtipulation(m): 6:52am On Jan 20
No wonder they allow them to suffer and die before rescuing them
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by padi94(m): 6:53am On Jan 20
South Africans are just too lazy to do anything for themselves, even to commit crime on their country is outsourced to Zama zamas

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Baselm: 6:54am On Jan 20
RandDigital:


Engage these stats some more. It's clear you're in denial.

So you don't know the immigrants were employed by the South Africans? You think the men behind the business will be with them in the mines? How naive can you be.

The stat just shows every normal organisation structure with the supervisors (SAns) only a few while labourers (immigrants) are many.

Do you know that even while trapped in the mines, there was racketeering of supplies by the men in charge.

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Maxtipulation(m): 6:56am On Jan 20
RandDigital:


Don't cry, una is #1 drug dealers and everything else wahala🏆

Don't cry Orania pig food, we don't do dirty jobs we gat swag 😎

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Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Addme: 7:05am On Jan 20
Nigerians don't go near things like this.
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by inoki247: 7:05am On Jan 20
Ok...


My people hardly go near something like this even in Nigeria na Foreigner dey come mak our people go mining...

At least our people are safe from SA people this time...


Money chase is a Universal Language see as different people different cultures come together in other to get the bag....
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Ringstonermasks: 7:09am On Jan 20
eyah
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by NOETHNICITY(m): 7:10am On Jan 20
2000 people!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by boxypane(m): 7:10am On Jan 20
The number doesn't matter. SadAfricans are also involved. Nonsense ppl
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by boxypane(m): 7:11am On Jan 20
NOETHNICITY:
I know say our people must constitute at least 30% of the crew
And who are your people?
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by Dareal90s(m): 7:11am On Jan 20
Only 26, are those 26 not South African enough? You want us to believe the miners are not South Africans. If we investigate it is possible those 26 were the ones that invited the other miners who are not South Africans.
Re: Police: Only 26 Of The Rescued 2,000 Illegal Miners Are South African by MrIcredible: 7:17am On Jan 20
Surprised no Nigerian goat.

There are certain countries you shouldn't even dare travel to.

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