South Africa: Trapped Illegal Miners at Stilfontein Claim Turning to Cannibalism | Firstpost Africa

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  • @Whackmac
    @Whackmac Місяць тому +226

    They aren't trapped, they refuse to come out. They need to choose, which is more important, life or freedom. Remember they are illegally mining.

    • @Greg16350
      @Greg16350 Місяць тому +8

      SA needs to be charged with crimes against humanity.

    • @ronaldwiley8357
      @ronaldwiley8357 Місяць тому

      @@Greg16350 Why???, would you charge drug enforcement agencies with human right crimes for stopping drug cartels from selling drugs to people.Since when did crime become legal.

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому +9

      @@Greg16350 not SA, the ANC government yes

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому

      @@Whackmac all evil Mandela fault he caused all this heartache

    • @Lemon-chlk
      @Lemon-chlk Місяць тому

      What for exactly? Who sent those people there? ​@@Greg16350

  • @tickledtoffee
    @tickledtoffee Місяць тому +69

    They aren't trapped, they refuse to come out because they don't want to face criminal charges for illegal mining and human trafficking, amongst other offences. Some have already resurfaced by choice. And the rest have been sent food and other essentials by aid orgs

  • @bigsalas4584
    @bigsalas4584 Місяць тому +105

    They are refusing to resurface.

    • @Gavi_255
      @Gavi_255 Місяць тому +2

      Have you been there or the news says so?

    • @iaindrummond1613
      @iaindrummond1613 Місяць тому +15

      They are refusing. I live there

    • @TankieBoleke
      @TankieBoleke Місяць тому

      Theyre not refusing. Its not easy to come out of there. you have to be pulled up by the people on the surface, and the progress has been very slow. I live here, and I've been there to see ​@Gavi_255

    • @francoisdutoit3360
      @francoisdutoit3360 Місяць тому

      Please get out the mine Ian, they hungry.

    • @Jakason-f4j
      @Jakason-f4j Місяць тому

      ​@@Gavi_255I live here, 15 minutes drive from the area. They are playing the authorities

  • @ntokozoguzunene1973
    @ntokozoguzunene1973 Місяць тому +41

    These people are not trapped but they are refusing to resurface, I don't know why the community can support such, mxm

  • @bluemotion6229
    @bluemotion6229 Місяць тому +71

    Correction,Lesotho and Zimbabwean miners, not south african

    • @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694
      @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694 Місяць тому +13

      It's a mixture of everybody including former mine workers who ain't foreigners read the letter you will realize ibhalwe ngesixhosa

    • @afriworia5020
      @afriworia5020 Місяць тому

      Your input is biased, try to understand that even locals engage in illegal activities.
      I wonder in your half slanted mind it's only foreigners in South Africa who take 💩 in the toilet.
      Your statement is soo into the box.

    • @tho88315
      @tho88315 Місяць тому +13

      ​@@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694isiXhosa is an official language in Zimbabwe

    • @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694
      @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694 Місяць тому

      @@tho88315 ok abase Zimbabwe ke bonke..I didn't know

    • @Papito_ZA
      @Papito_ZA Місяць тому +1

      Matebele from KZN are the real bosses underground

  • @donnafraenkel7852
    @donnafraenkel7852 Місяць тому +82

    Let them 😂 they are trying to get the upper hand through sympathy and it's not like they can't come out 😂 they REFUSE to..... make your bed and lie in it 😂

  • @Lulu-wv1nt
    @Lulu-wv1nt Місяць тому +37

    They are not trapped. They refuse to come out

  • @Soft_Khanyi
    @Soft_Khanyi Місяць тому +22

    You cannot convince me that letter was written by a South African!

    • @FolashadeSO
      @FolashadeSO 29 днів тому +1

      Why are you always so quick to blame your problems on foreigners???

  • @tumza-dogmbyanayamananga766
    @tumza-dogmbyanayamananga766 Місяць тому +39

    Most of the story is true but the cannibalism part is a lie..... Those people just refused to resurfaced

    • @tutonguni529
      @tutonguni529 Місяць тому

      Nigerians want us Bantu to be like them who cannibalism which is what happens in Nigeria on an every day basis & is part of Nigerian culture 😊

    • @lebomorake-dj9ro
      @lebomorake-dj9ro 29 днів тому

      Is true cannibalism...follow the news...

    • @missbstuurman
      @missbstuurman 12 днів тому

      Read the letter. It mentions cannibalism

    • @tutonguni529
      @tutonguni529 7 днів тому

      @missbstuurman foreigners trapped in a mine shaft eating the dead among themselves

  • @sibabalwesisowilson2164
    @sibabalwesisowilson2164 Місяць тому +17

    We are having a poor leadership crisis in this country! PW Botha must be laughing at us from his grave because WTF is this?

    • @Enoch940
      @Enoch940 29 днів тому +1

      He called this decades ago. 😂

    • @kathypeterson
      @kathypeterson 15 днів тому

      I couldn't agree with you more! They don't care about the people, only how much they can put in their bank accounts. Well said.

  • @kooslombard-np8gj
    @kooslombard-np8gj Місяць тому +20

    The world must report this insadent correctly. Miners were not trapped. They refuse to exit the mine. Deur to that they were afraid to be arrested. They were stealing SA minerals elegaly. They were also in the country legal. There were no sap personnel who kept down there. They were required to service but refused. SA can not be held responsible for the condition or state they were in it was totoly they're owner desision.

    • @dionemubaiwa9017
      @dionemubaiwa9017 Місяць тому

      When u realise you fed poison to your child think it is your next door

  • @jay02021
    @jay02021 Місяць тому +15

    Zama zama means to try not take a chance.
    They’re illegal miners, not just miners.

  • @JuicyJLee
    @JuicyJLee Місяць тому +15

    They not South African miners * illegal immigrants

    • @rasobiyahman
      @rasobiyahman Місяць тому

      If they are illegal Minors so how did they learn to write local languages

    • @JuicyJLee
      @JuicyJLee Місяць тому +4

      @rasobiyahman where did you see local language? You do know Lesotho is a country within South Africa? And Zimbabwe and Mozambique share the same tribes as South Africa. Besides in South Africa there illegal immigrants living in this country for over 10yrs many can speak the local languages

    • @christy7535
      @christy7535 28 днів тому

      ​@@JuicyJLeethere is no illegal mining in the country without natives of that country, South Africans are the bosses, those foreigners work for them

    • @johnvunani6153
      @johnvunani6153 26 днів тому

      Even southafricans are there, its hal f half those die hards are southe afrialcans and they are the once taking foreiners captivs,don mislead the world u know the truth,

  • @ntswakimoloi2084
    @ntswakimoloi2084 Місяць тому +39

    Let them out on their own as they went in there on thèir own.period

    • @francoisdutoit3360
      @francoisdutoit3360 Місяць тому

      Black body bags with a sprinkle of gold in the pockets.

    • @kooslombard-np8gj
      @kooslombard-np8gj Місяць тому

      @@ntswakimoloi2084 that is what sap is doing. But keep an eye so that no body will harm them. And medical staff is there to assist if treatment is requested. But not to hand them a diploma and gifts. But a diplomatic transfer back to their home country.

    • @SB-rw7oq
      @SB-rw7oq 28 днів тому

      Exactly.... Why would you show up if you know you will be arrested?

  • @petersmithe
    @petersmithe Місяць тому +6

    Send these outspoken NGOs down to help these illegal miners, actions speak louder than words !!!

  • @edwardscott1534
    @edwardscott1534 Місяць тому +13

    Get the facts staight
    They are not trapped . They are all linked to crime . They don't want their finger prints taken .

  • @anelemsimang5692
    @anelemsimang5692 Місяць тому +4

    Firstpost constantly spreads faulse news when it comes to South Africa, im starting to think this is deliberate

  • @Ash_Hole-f7p
    @Ash_Hole-f7p Місяць тому +39

    Anc and Ramapoesa is on leave. Will be attended to next year

  • @TlouDipela-j7o
    @TlouDipela-j7o Місяць тому +6

    They are no such thing they are intimidating South Africans because they know our government is too soft

  • @WilfredMoraba-bj7yv
    @WilfredMoraba-bj7yv Місяць тому +10

    Because of the 😢😢 spineless Government

  • @GlenroseMakgorogo
    @GlenroseMakgorogo Місяць тому +15

    Don't fall for it. It is a trick.

  • @Sterfillah
    @Sterfillah Місяць тому +14

    They are not trapped please

  • @authenticone1110
    @authenticone1110 Місяць тому +15

    They did send a letter wanting Mayonnaise to be send down underground to them now they send a letter that they r eating human mxm

    • @tickledtoffee
      @tickledtoffee Місяць тому +10

      yes, and tomato sauce. Maybe the person-meat they claim to be eating is too bland

    • @user4k6325f
      @user4k6325f Місяць тому +6

      ​@@tickledtoffeeall this while we just sit back and watch. Typical South Africa

    • @janvoster3220
      @janvoster3220 Місяць тому +1

      Yes human flesh with mayonaise

    • @proudlysa774
      @proudlysa774 Місяць тому +2

      Delusional. There are illegal immigrants here but they have learned SAcn languages

  • @lawrencemunthali2202
    @lawrencemunthali2202 Місяць тому +4

    Thanks to the comments section I have a better view because trapped people can say "send us food and water" if there was no means to get to them.

  • @Daniel-y1h5x
    @Daniel-y1h5x Місяць тому +4

    Imagine avoiding arrest for a stupid charge like mining by eating your collueges.

  • @tloutlou2655
    @tloutlou2655 Місяць тому +13

    Who trapped them,??

    • @Palmstreet-u7x
      @Palmstreet-u7x Місяць тому +7

      thy not trapped, thy go down willingly

  • @Greg16350
    @Greg16350 Місяць тому +7

    Who owns these mines? Who buys the illegally obtained minerals?

    • @user4k6325f
      @user4k6325f Місяць тому +1

      The king of England

    • @elizandlovu8619
      @elizandlovu8619 10 днів тому

      ​@@user4k6325fwho owns it.not England.listen well before you comment

    • @user4k6325f
      @user4k6325f 4 дні тому

      @elizandlovu8619 yes, England does own it. When will the English stand up for themselves as other countries have done and gotten rid of their king?

  • @Papito_ZA
    @Papito_ZA Місяць тому +9

    Christmas lunch without meat is not nice 😢 Ba ka nna ba jana

  • @BridgetCamagu
    @BridgetCamagu Місяць тому +9

    Minus one problem for us .. 😂😂😂😂

  • @nthabisengmashile4350
    @nthabisengmashile4350 26 днів тому +1

    Your heading that got me here said South African miners. Noooo they are mot South african please. 😢😢😢😢

  • @jrproperties3278
    @jrproperties3278 22 дні тому +1

    The SA Government should NOT be aiding them…. This kind of illegal mining could NEVER happen in any other country in the world…. Why did they think it’s possible in South Africa?! They need to be sent back to where they came from. If they “ were “ allowed to mine in old mines, where is their supporting documents to support prove such employment/permissions??!!

  • @use-Neo8701Malapane
    @use-Neo8701Malapane Місяць тому +2

    Most of them are not even South African....Lawlessness in this country is beyond words.....

  • @jameschauke6346
    @jameschauke6346 27 днів тому +2

    I wonder why they say South African miners when we talking about criminals

  • @AndrewMcFarlane_1
    @AndrewMcFarlane_1 Місяць тому +14

    Criminals in ANC create criminals in society... Vicious circle

    • @biko8229
      @biko8229 Місяць тому

      DA and FF+ are also part of this government

    • @anthonyliphapang9102
      @anthonyliphapang9102 Місяць тому

      U are useless. Instead of explaining the topic at hand u talking nonsense.. It has been said these are outsiders/foreigners. How foreigners got her. Your aoarthetheid grandfather's allowed these ppl as labourers. So dnt act innocent as if your forefathers ddnt allow foreigners for cheap labourers hence influx of these ppl and illegal ones

    • @elizandlovu8619
      @elizandlovu8619 10 днів тому

      True fact

  • @fxcorner1797
    @fxcorner1797 Місяць тому +7

    zimbabwean illegal miners not south african miners

    • @zandy231
      @zandy231 Місяць тому

      Even if they are South Africans they are even wrong for what they are doing

  • @regus_armani
    @regus_armani Місяць тому +5

    Get your facts correct then report. This news in inaccurate 😢

  • @bettymokgobu688
    @bettymokgobu688 Місяць тому +7

    It's their choice they are illigal here doing illigal activities now, force us to give them food

  • @mthokozisilanga4497
    @mthokozisilanga4497 Місяць тому +3

    Your journalism is pathetic, you need to investigate the issue first before reporting propaganda
    1. These are not South African miners, these are illegal miners, the majority of them are illegal people from Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabweans, with some South Africans of course.
    2. These illegal miners refused to come out because the police were ready to arrest them, some did and what they are doing now, the bosses underground stops them from resurfacing.
    3. The police blocked the outside supply of food and water so that they can come out, the NGO took the matter to court and the court ruled that they should receive food and the food and water was allowed, but still they would not resurface, except for the few who managed t escape, because they are blocked by criminals.
    4. Those who managed to come out claim that the criminal bosses controls the food and water that is sent underground, giving them less food and keeping the rest for themselves.
    5. They now demanded ARVs and other etc, they are do not intend to leave.

  • @keny220
    @keny220 Місяць тому +4

    Aliens underground.......

  • @2090AJames
    @2090AJames Місяць тому +12

    Not trapped, correction please! Thank you

  • @vimbiv3133
    @vimbiv3133 Місяць тому +4

    Mines abandoned by who...?

    • @AndrewMcFarlane_1
      @AndrewMcFarlane_1 Місяць тому +2

      Dmre didn't enforce the law and don't do what they are supposed to do. Typical ANC

  • @bakangbdeep
    @bakangbdeep Місяць тому +4

    They must just come out

  • @alastairsmith2853
    @alastairsmith2853 Місяць тому +17

    They are not trapped 🙊🙉🙈

  • @itumelengmosailane1192
    @itumelengmosailane1192 Місяць тому +3

    South Africans are not doing this why are they doing it

  • @simbalashe7530
    @simbalashe7530 Місяць тому +9

    It's their problem , why are you blaming the authorities?

  • @msagist2004
    @msagist2004 Місяць тому +1

    Nobody is eating anyone , just a strategy to get police to supply food 😂😂😂

  • @zamilechampion4674
    @zamilechampion4674 Місяць тому +3

    They are from Lesotho 😢

  • @A1Zl-k8u
    @A1Zl-k8u Місяць тому +1

    They're not trapped. They choose to be cannibals.

  • @davidopsina3871
    @davidopsina3871 24 дні тому +1

    did they make a potjie or a braai?

  • @VlxneTrxp
    @VlxneTrxp Місяць тому +2

    They giving them food n water. Mxm I swear this government has a weak heart.

  • @boomgate4444
    @boomgate4444 Місяць тому +2

    The government must re-open those mines to create more jobs in mining

  • @tables.catering732
    @tables.catering732 Місяць тому +2

    now the zamas are calling the shots?

  • @pinknight2092
    @pinknight2092 26 днів тому +1

    Let our brothers live!
    Surely , there must another way to curtail this illegal mining. Obviously, the government didn't see this one coming. It is sad, but I am sure it will be hastily fixed.

  • @NondumisoCynthiaMkhonza
    @NondumisoCynthiaMkhonza Місяць тому +3

    Eshhhhhh yah neh life is hard

  • @spiritualaligning8781
    @spiritualaligning8781 Місяць тому +6

    Aint nobody tryna go to jail. This has gone to far and if any of these people still trapped are to be free they will be mentally ill for society.

  • @nellyntsweng6941
    @nellyntsweng6941 Місяць тому +2

    They turned to cannibalism that's tough

  • @MichaelVumile-jb3lb
    @MichaelVumile-jb3lb Місяць тому +4

    SAPS🇿🇦💪🏿

  • @OrnamentalHermit02
    @OrnamentalHermit02 Місяць тому +14

    Kak en betaal

  • @AlfredoMendez-vw8rr
    @AlfredoMendez-vw8rr 26 днів тому +1

    South Africa will face in ICC for starving miners

  • @Naturilife
    @Naturilife Місяць тому +2

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @myjourneyincolour10
    @myjourneyincolour10 Місяць тому

    So, they can come out but refuse to do so. I’m annoyed

  • @FreshlinksTV
    @FreshlinksTV Місяць тому +1

    Wow that really happening they need to rescue those people

  • @annemariepieterse8322
    @annemariepieterse8322 Місяць тому

    So that is what the mayonnaise was for? 😂😂😂😂

  • @ntsokolomemani3874
    @ntsokolomemani3874 Місяць тому +7

    Chilling letter my foot

  • @universarlview6151
    @universarlview6151 Місяць тому +1

    Feeding them is beyond stupide

  • @cmsanyama200
    @cmsanyama200 26 днів тому +1

    My sister these people are your fellow Africans,there will be a time you will need to visit their countries for one reason or the other.

    • @thatontsie3561
      @thatontsie3561 13 днів тому

      We will go to their countries legally & not engage in crime.
      They come here illegally, engage in crimes and then want sympathy.

  • @lebohangchokwe9317
    @lebohangchokwe9317 Місяць тому +2

    Very well reported

  • @really.unlikely
    @really.unlikely Місяць тому +1

    They're not trapped. The rest will be a history of their own making

  • @Francine-A-s3w
    @Francine-A-s3w 28 днів тому +1

    So what if they are not SA do you SA go after the non black Europeans that have been stealing your resources, they the ones that should be jailed.

  • @AsandileBulana-b2s
    @AsandileBulana-b2s Місяць тому +4

    😅😅hyaayi yi jokes nyani lelizwe hyoo..inkonga ingane zethu kuyo yonke lento

  • @WarrenKisimana
    @WarrenKisimana 28 днів тому

    There is no one comes from Zimbabwe who do minnes except South Africans

  • @mr.blackzonrackz7055
    @mr.blackzonrackz7055 Місяць тому +1

    People asking for mayonnaise are trapped??? I think they having a time of their lives down there

  • @southafrica9179
    @southafrica9179 Місяць тому

    They are not trapped, they don't want to come out because they'll get arrested...

  • @msprun3205
    @msprun3205 Місяць тому +1

    They are not trapped, you are reporting wrong

  • @lehlohonolobanda1998
    @lehlohonolobanda1998 Місяць тому +1

    Yol must report correctly, they not trapped , their voluntarily staying in the minds

  • @waltervetri2476
    @waltervetri2476 Місяць тому

    This reminds me of Lon Fullers Speluncean Explorers Cave story. Whitmore threw the fatal dice to his demise, was killed and eaten by his fellow survivors. Subsequently charged for murder. Yo, now South Africa. 🇿🇦🇿🇦😭😭 2:08

  • @ferdicombrinck8305
    @ferdicombrinck8305 Місяць тому +4

    Just legalize the zama zama's, and regulate that industry.

    • @BridgetCamagu
      @BridgetCamagu Місяць тому

      😮

    • @MOLEPO_SA
      @MOLEPO_SA Місяць тому

      😂😂😂 Legalise it for illegal foreigners 🤔??

    • @user4k6325f
      @user4k6325f Місяць тому

      Protest against the king of England

  • @DM-0072
    @DM-0072 24 дні тому

    Its not using starvation as a weapon...they are welcome to come out

  • @margieksteen193
    @margieksteen193 29 днів тому

    THEY ARENT TRAPPED. THEIR OWN FREE WILL TO STAY UNDERGROUND.....NO MERCY FOR THEM....THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.....CARMA WILL COME FOR THEM...THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT BUT DECLINED BECAUSE THEY FACE JAIL TIME....

  • @highestfrequencypodcast
    @highestfrequencypodcast Місяць тому +3

    This is their land, let them also benefit..why do the oppressors want to benefit alone from our resources. We are tired of being brainwashed by the media...

    • @greedyreader15
      @greedyreader15 Місяць тому +6

      It's not technically theirs, they are not from that country from what I understood. If they want to benefit from it they were thousands more safer and legal ways

    • @Kirsten567
      @Kirsten567 Місяць тому +3

      Most of them are from Lesotho, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe

    • @MOLEPO_SA
      @MOLEPO_SA Місяць тому

      90% of them are illegal foreigners , so the only place they are going once they come out is prison.

    • @user4k6325f
      @user4k6325f Місяць тому

      The oppressor is the king of England

  • @daleneoberholster125
    @daleneoberholster125 27 днів тому

    Not miners! They are illegal! Full stop!

  • @ZOE_NtombiYaseMancwabeni
    @ZOE_NtombiYaseMancwabeni Місяць тому +1

    Well....its protein. No one forced them there anyway.

  • @WarrenKisimana
    @WarrenKisimana 28 днів тому

    Its South Africans who dig their gold there is no Zimbabweans please let's love one another

  • @KabeloMotsiri-n7y
    @KabeloMotsiri-n7y Місяць тому +1

    They gave them food ?

  • @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694
    @gxobinjasambemntungwa9694 Місяць тому +2

    Glencore mining company maybe involved here they are the ones mining in that area and they are on record admitting to corruption and were fined by Trump's USA in 2016 they are a Swiss company makes sense the gold is heading to Switzerland

  • @MrMoseskyungai
    @MrMoseskyungai Місяць тому

    An "impossible situation" would have communicated the message better than a "Catch-22 situation" in an Indian accent🙃

  • @monicaditlhage1430
    @monicaditlhage1430 Місяць тому

    Let their country be informed of this matter their presints be the ones who bring for....south African put police there to arrest them when they decide to come out

  • @Bullet-Content
    @Bullet-Content Місяць тому +3

    Zama zama : means to TRY , not TAKE A CHANCE.

  • @samkammy1663
    @samkammy1663 Місяць тому +1

    No need to mention Zimbabwe

  • @JohnnySmit-g8j
    @JohnnySmit-g8j Місяць тому +1

    Why dont Macau help them

  • @CedricBiyela
    @CedricBiyela Місяць тому +1

    Naze nanomusa bo umuntu engafuni ukuphuma emgodini nina nibapha ukudla?Babethunywe yinina yini?SA yekani lomusa wenu omningi kwizephula mthetho.

  • @MutaDylan
    @MutaDylan 27 днів тому +1

    What a sad situation it's because you don't create job's for them

  • @stevefriend7603
    @stevefriend7603 Місяць тому

    Stop the food. Illegal mining is causing major problems in SA. If they aee able to come out then keep the pressure on. Crime is ruling SA.B

  • @stantheman5522
    @stantheman5522 29 днів тому +1

    It's just xenophobic torture and killings

  • @ntokozobulunga8023
    @ntokozobulunga8023 Місяць тому

    How they get the food

  • @johanvandermerwe4620
    @johanvandermerwe4620 29 днів тому

    Myonaise with fresh water crabs are lekker

  • @Lulu-wv1nt
    @Lulu-wv1nt Місяць тому +2

    😂😂😂😂

  • @JohnKamasua
    @JohnKamasua 27 днів тому

    Just let then mine the gold 😮😮

  • @SimangeleHlatshwayo-s3t
    @SimangeleHlatshwayo-s3t Місяць тому

    Kona akumnandi ukuzwa ukuthi labantu baphethwe kabi phaya emgodini. Ngempela ngempela ababuzwe ukuthi bafike kanjani emgodini. Besizwa kumabona kude ukuthi nasemphakathini bebeyingozi. Kahle kahle abantu mabe ganga noma noma beyingozi emphakathini bazoneswa ngalendlela,ngokhisimuzi bafune ngish o mayonesi? 😂😂😂
    Hay lafa elihle kakhulu! Angikaze ngiyibone into enje! Into abayifunayo bayanikwa. Abasoze baphume emgodini. Asisho ukuthi abafe. Abaphumi ngani?

  • @VilhoSharead
    @VilhoSharead Місяць тому +3

    But the mine is abandoned so they should leave the people