South Africa: Trapped Illegal Miners at Stilfontein Claim Turning to Cannibalism | Firstpost Africa

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @Whackmac
    @Whackmac 19 дней назад +221

    They aren't trapped, they refuse to come out. They need to choose, which is more important, life or freedom. Remember they are illegally mining.

    • @Greg16350
      @Greg16350 19 дней назад +7

      SA needs to be charged with crimes against humanity.

    • @ronaldwiley8357
      @ronaldwiley8357 19 дней назад

      @@Greg16350 Why???, would you charge drug enforcement agencies with human right crimes for stopping drug cartels from selling drugs to people.Since when did crime become legal.

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x 18 дней назад +9

      @@Greg16350 not SA, the ANC government yes

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x 18 дней назад

      @@Whackmac all evil Mandela fault he caused all this heartache

    • @Lemon-chlk
      @Lemon-chlk 18 дней назад

      What for exactly? Who sent those people there? ​@@Greg16350

  • @tickledtoffee
    @tickledtoffee 19 дней назад +65

    They aren't trapped, they refuse to come out because they don't want to face criminal charges for illegal mining and human trafficking, amongst other offences. Some have already resurfaced by choice. And the rest have been sent food and other essentials by aid orgs

  • @bigsalas4584
    @bigsalas4584 19 дней назад +101

    They are refusing to resurface.

    • @Gavi_255
      @Gavi_255 19 дней назад +2

      Have you been there or the news says so?

    • @iaindrummond1613
      @iaindrummond1613 19 дней назад +15

      They are refusing. I live there

    • @TankieBoleke
      @TankieBoleke 19 дней назад

      Theyre not refusing. Its not easy to come out of there. you have to be pulled up by the people on the surface, and the progress has been very slow. I live here, and I've been there to see ​@Gavi_255

    • @francoisdutoit3360
      @francoisdutoit3360 18 дней назад

      Please get out the mine Ian, they hungry.

    • @Jakason-f4j
      @Jakason-f4j 18 дней назад

      ​@@Gavi_255I live here, 15 minutes drive from the area. They are playing the authorities

  • @ntokozoguzunene1973
    @ntokozoguzunene1973 19 дней назад +38

    These people are not trapped but they are refusing to resurface, I don't know why the community can support such, mxm

  • @bluemotion6229
    @bluemotion6229 19 дней назад +68

    Correction,Lesotho and Zimbabwean miners, not south african

    • @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694
      @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694 19 дней назад +13

      It's a mixture of everybody including former mine workers who ain't foreigners read the letter you will realize ibhalwe ngesixhosa

    • @afriworia5020
      @afriworia5020 19 дней назад

      Your input is biased, try to understand that even locals engage in illegal activities.
      I wonder in your half slanted mind it's only foreigners in South Africa who take 💩 in the toilet.
      Your statement is soo into the box.

    • @tho88315
      @tho88315 19 дней назад +13

      ​@@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694isiXhosa is an official language in Zimbabwe

    • @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694
      @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694 19 дней назад

      @@tho88315 ok abase Zimbabwe ke bonke..I didn't know

    • @Papito_ZA
      @Papito_ZA 19 дней назад +1

      Matebele from KZN are the real bosses underground

  • @donnafraenkel7852
    @donnafraenkel7852 19 дней назад +79

    Let them 😂 they are trying to get the upper hand through sympathy and it's not like they can't come out 😂 they REFUSE to..... make your bed and lie in it 😂

  • @Lulu-wv1nt
    @Lulu-wv1nt 18 дней назад +35

    They are not trapped. They refuse to come out

  • @tumza-dogmbyanayamananga766
    @tumza-dogmbyanayamananga766 18 дней назад +39

    Most of the story is true but the cannibalism part is a lie..... Those people just refused to resurfaced

    • @tutonguni529
      @tutonguni529 16 дней назад

      Nigerians want us Bantu to be like them who cannibalism which is what happens in Nigeria on an every day basis & is part of Nigerian culture 😊

    • @lebomorake-dj9ro
      @lebomorake-dj9ro 15 дней назад

      Is true cannibalism...follow the news...

  • @Soft_Khanyi
    @Soft_Khanyi 18 дней назад +19

    You cannot convince me that letter was written by a South African!

    • @FolashadeSO
      @FolashadeSO 15 дней назад +1

      Why are you always so quick to blame your problems on foreigners???

  • @sibabalwesisowilson2164
    @sibabalwesisowilson2164 17 дней назад +16

    We are having a poor leadership crisis in this country! PW Botha must be laughing at us from his grave because WTF is this?

    • @Enoch940
      @Enoch940 15 дней назад +1

      He called this decades ago. 😂

    • @kathypeterson
      @kathypeterson День назад

      I couldn't agree with you more! They don't care about the people, only how much they can put in their bank accounts. Well said.

  • @kooslombard-np8gj
    @kooslombard-np8gj 18 дней назад +18

    The world must report this insadent correctly. Miners were not trapped. They refuse to exit the mine. Deur to that they were afraid to be arrested. They were stealing SA minerals elegaly. They were also in the country legal. There were no sap personnel who kept down there. They were required to service but refused. SA can not be held responsible for the condition or state they were in it was totoly they're owner desision.

    • @dionemubaiwa9017
      @dionemubaiwa9017 17 дней назад

      When u realise you fed poison to your child think it is your next door

  • @ntswakimoloi2084
    @ntswakimoloi2084 19 дней назад +38

    Let them out on their own as they went in there on thèir own.period

    • @francoisdutoit3360
      @francoisdutoit3360 18 дней назад

      Black body bags with a sprinkle of gold in the pockets.

    • @kooslombard-np8gj
      @kooslombard-np8gj 17 дней назад

      @@ntswakimoloi2084 that is what sap is doing. But keep an eye so that no body will harm them. And medical staff is there to assist if treatment is requested. But not to hand them a diploma and gifts. But a diplomatic transfer back to their home country.

    • @SB-rw7oq
      @SB-rw7oq 14 дней назад

      Exactly.... Why would you show up if you know you will be arrested?

  • @authenticone1110
    @authenticone1110 19 дней назад +15

    They did send a letter wanting Mayonnaise to be send down underground to them now they send a letter that they r eating human mxm

    • @tickledtoffee
      @tickledtoffee 19 дней назад +10

      yes, and tomato sauce. Maybe the person-meat they claim to be eating is too bland

    • @user4k6325f
      @user4k6325f 18 дней назад +6

      ​@@tickledtoffeeall this while we just sit back and watch. Typical South Africa

    • @janvoster3220
      @janvoster3220 17 дней назад +1

      Yes human flesh with mayonaise

    • @proudlysa774
      @proudlysa774 16 дней назад +2

      Delusional. There are illegal immigrants here but they have learned SAcn languages

  • @jay02021
    @jay02021 19 дней назад +12

    Zama zama means to try not take a chance.
    They’re illegal miners, not just miners.

  • @JuicyJLee
    @JuicyJLee 17 дней назад +13

    They not South African miners * illegal immigrants

    • @rasobiyahman
      @rasobiyahman 16 дней назад

      If they are illegal Minors so how did they learn to write local languages

    • @JuicyJLee
      @JuicyJLee 16 дней назад +4

      @rasobiyahman where did you see local language? You do know Lesotho is a country within South Africa? And Zimbabwe and Mozambique share the same tribes as South Africa. Besides in South Africa there illegal immigrants living in this country for over 10yrs many can speak the local languages

    • @christy7535
      @christy7535 13 дней назад

      ​@@JuicyJLeethere is no illegal mining in the country without natives of that country, South Africans are the bosses, those foreigners work for them

    • @johnvunani6153
      @johnvunani6153 12 дней назад

      Even southafricans are there, its hal f half those die hards are southe afrialcans and they are the once taking foreiners captivs,don mislead the world u know the truth,

  • @Ash_Hole-f7p
    @Ash_Hole-f7p 19 дней назад +38

    Anc and Ramapoesa is on leave. Will be attended to next year

  • @lawrencemunthali2202
    @lawrencemunthali2202 18 дней назад +4

    Thanks to the comments section I have a better view because trapped people can say "send us food and water" if there was no means to get to them.

  • @edwardscott1534
    @edwardscott1534 19 дней назад +12

    Get the facts staight
    They are not trapped . They are all linked to crime . They don't want their finger prints taken .

  • @petersmithe
    @petersmithe 16 дней назад +5

    Send these outspoken NGOs down to help these illegal miners, actions speak louder than words !!!

  • @anelemsimang5692
    @anelemsimang5692 15 дней назад +3

    Firstpost constantly spreads faulse news when it comes to South Africa, im starting to think this is deliberate

  • @GlenroseMakgorogo
    @GlenroseMakgorogo 19 дней назад +14

    Don't fall for it. It is a trick.

  • @WilfredMoraba-bj7yv
    @WilfredMoraba-bj7yv 19 дней назад +9

    Because of the 😢😢 spineless Government

  • @Sterfillah
    @Sterfillah 19 дней назад +14

    They are not trapped please

  • @Papito_ZA
    @Papito_ZA 19 дней назад +9

    Christmas lunch without meat is not nice 😢 Ba ka nna ba jana

  • @Daniel-y1h5x
    @Daniel-y1h5x 18 дней назад +3

    Imagine avoiding arrest for a stupid charge like mining by eating your collueges.

  • @BridgetCamagu
    @BridgetCamagu 19 дней назад +9

    Minus one problem for us .. 😂😂😂😂

  • @Greg16350
    @Greg16350 19 дней назад +6

    Who owns these mines? Who buys the illegally obtained minerals?

  • @tloutlou2655
    @tloutlou2655 19 дней назад +12

    Who trapped them,??

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x 18 дней назад +7

      thy not trapped, thy go down willingly

  • @TlouDipela-j7o
    @TlouDipela-j7o 18 дней назад +5

    They are no such thing they are intimidating South Africans because they know our government is too soft

  • @AndrewMcFarlane_1
    @AndrewMcFarlane_1 19 дней назад +13

    Criminals in ANC create criminals in society... Vicious circle

    • @biko8229
      @biko8229 19 дней назад

      DA and FF+ are also part of this government

    • @anthonyliphapang9102
      @anthonyliphapang9102 19 дней назад

      U are useless. Instead of explaining the topic at hand u talking nonsense.. It has been said these are outsiders/foreigners. How foreigners got her. Your aoarthetheid grandfather's allowed these ppl as labourers. So dnt act innocent as if your forefathers ddnt allow foreigners for cheap labourers hence influx of these ppl and illegal ones

  • @fxcorner1797
    @fxcorner1797 18 дней назад +6

    zimbabwean illegal miners not south african miners

    • @zandy231
      @zandy231 17 дней назад

      Even if they are South Africans they are even wrong for what they are doing

  • @keny220
    @keny220 19 дней назад +4

    Aliens underground.......

  • @regus_armani
    @regus_armani 17 дней назад +5

    Get your facts correct then report. This news in inaccurate 😢

  • @VilhoSharead
    @VilhoSharead 18 дней назад +3

    But the mine is abandoned so they should leave the people

  • @vimbiv3133
    @vimbiv3133 19 дней назад +4

    Mines abandoned by who...?

    • @AndrewMcFarlane_1
      @AndrewMcFarlane_1 19 дней назад +2

      Dmre didn't enforce the law and don't do what they are supposed to do. Typical ANC

  • @bakangbdeep
    @bakangbdeep 19 дней назад +4

    They must just come out

  • @itumelengmosailane1192
    @itumelengmosailane1192 18 дней назад +3

    South Africans are not doing this why are they doing it

  • @msagist2004
    @msagist2004 15 дней назад +1

    Nobody is eating anyone , just a strategy to get police to supply food 😂😂😂

  • @VlxneTrxp
    @VlxneTrxp 17 дней назад +2

    They giving them food n water. Mxm I swear this government has a weak heart.

  • @A1Zl-k8u
    @A1Zl-k8u 17 дней назад +1

    They're not trapped. They choose to be cannibals.

  • @zamilechampion4674
    @zamilechampion4674 18 дней назад +3

    They are from Lesotho 😢

  • @nellyntsweng6941
    @nellyntsweng6941 17 дней назад +2

    They turned to cannibalism that's tough

  • @bettymokgobu688
    @bettymokgobu688 18 дней назад +7

    It's their choice they are illigal here doing illigal activities now, force us to give them food

  • @boomgate4444
    @boomgate4444 17 дней назад +2

    The government must re-open those mines to create more jobs in mining

  • @2090AJames
    @2090AJames 18 дней назад +11

    Not trapped, correction please! Thank you

  • @alastairsmith2853
    @alastairsmith2853 19 дней назад +17

    They are not trapped 🙊🙉🙈

  • @pinknight2092
    @pinknight2092 12 дней назад +1

    Let our brothers live!
    Surely , there must another way to curtail this illegal mining. Obviously, the government didn't see this one coming. It is sad, but I am sure it will be hastily fixed.

  • @tables.catering732
    @tables.catering732 18 дней назад +2

    now the zamas are calling the shots?

  • @NondumisoCynthiaMkhonza
    @NondumisoCynthiaMkhonza 18 дней назад +3

    Eshhhhhh yah neh life is hard

  • @myjourneyincolour10
    @myjourneyincolour10 16 дней назад

    So, they can come out but refuse to do so. I’m annoyed

  • @ntsokolomemani3874
    @ntsokolomemani3874 19 дней назад +7

    Chilling letter my foot

  • @jrproperties3278
    @jrproperties3278 8 дней назад

    The SA Government should NOT be aiding them…. This kind of illegal mining could NEVER happen in any other country in the world…. Why did they think it’s possible in South Africa?! They need to be sent back to where they came from. If they “ were “ allowed to mine in old mines, where is their supporting documents to support prove such employment/permissions??!!

  • @FreshlinksTV
    @FreshlinksTV 17 дней назад +1

    Wow that really happening they need to rescue those people

  • @simbalashe7530
    @simbalashe7530 19 дней назад +9

    It's their problem , why are you blaming the authorities?

  • @spiritualaligning8781
    @spiritualaligning8781 19 дней назад +6

    Aint nobody tryna go to jail. This has gone to far and if any of these people still trapped are to be free they will be mentally ill for society.

  • @MichaelVumile-jb3lb
    @MichaelVumile-jb3lb 19 дней назад +4

    SAPS🇿🇦💪🏿

  • @Naturilife
    @Naturilife 18 дней назад +2

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @cmsanyama200
    @cmsanyama200 12 дней назад +1

    My sister these people are your fellow Africans,there will be a time you will need to visit their countries for one reason or the other.

  • @universarlview6151
    @universarlview6151 17 дней назад +1

    Feeding them is beyond stupide

  • @AlfredoMendez-vw8rr
    @AlfredoMendez-vw8rr 12 дней назад +1

    South Africa will face in ICC for starving miners

  • @OrnamentalHermit02
    @OrnamentalHermit02 19 дней назад +13

    Kak en betaal

  • @really.unlikely
    @really.unlikely 17 дней назад +1

    They're not trapped. The rest will be a history of their own making

  • @mr.blackzonrackz7055
    @mr.blackzonrackz7055 17 дней назад +1

    People asking for mayonnaise are trapped??? I think they having a time of their lives down there

  • @lebohangchokwe9317
    @lebohangchokwe9317 19 дней назад +2

    Very well reported

  • @mthokozisilanga4497
    @mthokozisilanga4497 17 дней назад +1

    Your journalism is pathetic, you need to investigate the issue first before reporting propaganda
    1. These are not South African miners, these are illegal miners, the majority of them are illegal people from Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabweans, with some South Africans of course.
    2. These illegal miners refused to come out because the police were ready to arrest them, some did and what they are doing now, the bosses underground stops them from resurfacing.
    3. The police blocked the outside supply of food and water so that they can come out, the NGO took the matter to court and the court ruled that they should receive food and the food and water was allowed, but still they would not resurface, except for the few who managed t escape, because they are blocked by criminals.
    4. Those who managed to come out claim that the criminal bosses controls the food and water that is sent underground, giving them less food and keeping the rest for themselves.
    5. They now demanded ARVs and other etc, they are do not intend to leave.

  • @lehlohonolobanda1998
    @lehlohonolobanda1998 17 дней назад +1

    Yol must report correctly, they not trapped , their voluntarily staying in the minds

  • @msprun3205
    @msprun3205 18 дней назад +1

    They are not trapped, you are reporting wrong

  • @use-Neo8701Malapane
    @use-Neo8701Malapane 16 дней назад

    Most of them are not even South African....Lawlessness in this country is beyond words.....

  • @southafrica9179
    @southafrica9179 16 дней назад

    They are not trapped, they don't want to come out because they'll get arrested...

  • @waltervetri2476
    @waltervetri2476 18 дней назад

    This reminds me of Lon Fullers Speluncean Explorers Cave story. Whitmore threw the fatal dice to his demise, was killed and eaten by his fellow survivors. Subsequently charged for murder. Yo, now South Africa. 🇿🇦🇿🇦😭😭 2:08

  • @ferdicombrinck8305
    @ferdicombrinck8305 19 дней назад +4

    Just legalize the zama zama's, and regulate that industry.

    • @BridgetCamagu
      @BridgetCamagu 19 дней назад

      😮

    • @MOLEPO_SA
      @MOLEPO_SA 18 дней назад

      😂😂😂 Legalise it for illegal foreigners 🤔??

    • @user4k6325f
      @user4k6325f 18 дней назад

      Protest against the king of England

  • @JohnnySmit-g8j
    @JohnnySmit-g8j 16 дней назад +1

    Why dont Macau help them

  • @ZOE_NtombiYaseMancwabeni
    @ZOE_NtombiYaseMancwabeni 17 дней назад +1

    Well....its protein. No one forced them there anyway.

  • @ntokozobulunga8023
    @ntokozobulunga8023 19 дней назад

    How they get the food

  • @daleneoberholster125
    @daleneoberholster125 13 дней назад

    Not miners! They are illegal! Full stop!

  • @annemariepieterse8322
    @annemariepieterse8322 16 дней назад

    So that is what the mayonnaise was for? 😂😂😂😂

  • @KabeloMotsiri-n7y
    @KabeloMotsiri-n7y 19 дней назад +1

    They gave them food ?

  • @DM-0072
    @DM-0072 9 дней назад

    Its not using starvation as a weapon...they are welcome to come out

  • @WarrenKisimana
    @WarrenKisimana 14 дней назад

    There is no one comes from Zimbabwe who do minnes except South Africans

  • @MutaDylan
    @MutaDylan 13 дней назад +1

    What a sad situation it's because you don't create job's for them

  • @samkammy1663
    @samkammy1663 16 дней назад +1

    No need to mention Zimbabwe

  • @Francine-A-s3w
    @Francine-A-s3w 14 дней назад +1

    So what if they are not SA do you SA go after the non black Europeans that have been stealing your resources, they the ones that should be jailed.

  • @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694
    @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694 19 дней назад +2

    Glencore mining company maybe involved here they are the ones mining in that area and they are on record admitting to corruption and were fined by Trump's USA in 2016 they are a Swiss company makes sense the gold is heading to Switzerland

  • @jameschauke6346
    @jameschauke6346 13 дней назад

    I wonder why they say South African miners when we talking about criminals

  • @Bullet-Content
    @Bullet-Content 18 дней назад +3

    Zama zama : means to TRY , not TAKE A CHANCE.

  • @margieksteen193
    @margieksteen193 14 дней назад

    THEY ARENT TRAPPED. THEIR OWN FREE WILL TO STAY UNDERGROUND.....NO MERCY FOR THEM....THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.....CARMA WILL COME FOR THEM...THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT BUT DECLINED BECAUSE THEY FACE JAIL TIME....

  • @monicaditlhage1430
    @monicaditlhage1430 16 дней назад

    Let their country be informed of this matter their presints be the ones who bring for....south African put police there to arrest them when they decide to come out

  • @AsandileBulana-b2s
    @AsandileBulana-b2s 19 дней назад +4

    😅😅hyaayi yi jokes nyani lelizwe hyoo..inkonga ingane zethu kuyo yonke lento

  • @WarrenKisimana
    @WarrenKisimana 14 дней назад

    Its South Africans who dig their gold there is no Zimbabweans please let's love one another

  • @johanvandermerwe4620
    @johanvandermerwe4620 15 дней назад

    Myonaise with fresh water crabs are lekker

  • @CedricBiyela
    @CedricBiyela 18 дней назад +1

    Naze nanomusa bo umuntu engafuni ukuphuma emgodini nina nibapha ukudla?Babethunywe yinina yini?SA yekani lomusa wenu omningi kwizephula mthetho.

  • @MrMoseskyungai
    @MrMoseskyungai 16 дней назад

    An "impossible situation" would have communicated the message better than a "Catch-22 situation" in an Indian accent🙃

  • @thelastofus1068
    @thelastofus1068 17 дней назад

    your thumbnail is misleading

  • @8packex
    @8packex 17 дней назад

    No news surprises me

  • @JohnKamasua
    @JohnKamasua 13 дней назад

    Just let then mine the gold 😮😮

  • @davidopsina3871
    @davidopsina3871 9 дней назад

    did they make a potjie or a braai?

  • @FabianClark-l7s
    @FabianClark-l7s 17 дней назад

    The police are protecting the Kwara miners

  • @lungilegodlo6847
    @lungilegodlo6847 12 дней назад

    Who trapped them.

  • @Qkat11o
    @Qkat11o 15 дней назад

    I BOLT OUT.

  • @stevefriend7603
    @stevefriend7603 16 дней назад

    Stop the food. Illegal mining is causing major problems in SA. If they aee able to come out then keep the pressure on. Crime is ruling SA.B