Police say the resurfacing of illegal miners in Stilfontein shows they are not trapped, but evading arrest

As more illegal miners resurface from mine shafts in Stilfontein in North West, deputy police commissioner Lt-Gen Tebello Mosikili says it’s an indication they are capable of exiting the underground tunnels independently and that their delayed emergence appears to be a tactic to evade arrest by law enforcement agencies.Police and soldiers began blocking supplies of food, water and other necessities to the illegal miners in November. Hundreds of starving miners started resurfacing a few days later.At the same time, the Pretoria high court ordered the minister of police and other…