‘I have no sympathy for criminality’: Mashaba on Stilfontein deaths

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has criticised the government’s intervention to rescue illegal miners in Stilfontein.The government launched a rescue operation after a court order, retrieving more than 200 miners and recovering at least 78 bodies.In an interview with Newzroom Afrika, Mashaba said he has no sympathy for the miners who lost their lives, citing their involvement in illegal activities.“Personally, I have no sympathy whatsoever. I don’t have sympathy for criminality,” he said.“I find it very difficult to understand that South Africans have been focusing on criminal…