IN PICS | 18 more bodies retrieved from disused Stilfontein mine

On Wednesday the cage was lowered twice to rescue 22 zama zamas and retrieve the 18 bodies, which are in different stages of composition.Mzukisi Jam, a community leader and spokesperson for the South African National Civic Organisation in the North West, said though they were relieved bodies were being retrieved, the loss of lives could have been prevented had government acted earlier.”Government was forced to do this. When we first engaged with government, there was no-one dead,” he said.