Pretoria High Court grants emergency aid to illegal miners amid police crackdown

On Sunday, the Pretoria High Court granted Lawyers for Human Rights an interim order that will allow community members and charitable organisations to provide food, water, and medication to illegal miners at Stilfontein mine in North West.An unknown number of miners remain underground in an effort to evade arrest after police started operation “Vala Umgodi”, which focuses on curbing illegal mining.The court held a virtual sitting on Sunday after Lawyers for Human Rights launched an urgent application seeking relief on what it described as life-threatening conditions for artisanal…