Stilfontein Crisis Committee considers murder charges against government over miners' deaths

The Stilfontein Crisis Committee is mulling over charging government with murder after the bodies of more than 70 miners were brought to the surface this week.These miners were part of a larger group that languished underground for more than two months after a stand-off with policing and mining authorities over illegal mining activities at disused mine shafts.Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, the committee’s chairperson, Christopher Rutledge, accused government of making comments while the miners were underground, indicating its intention of killing them.”We are going to consider a number of…