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The South African Weather Service has warned the the heatwave would continue in parts of the country for another week, and citizens have found the funny side of it.
A total of seven illegal miners' bodies had been brought to the surface at the Stilfontein mine in Klerksdorp by Wednesday, 4 December, amid reports of more deaths.
A second illegal miner's decomposed body was recovered at the Stilfontein mine in Klerksdorp as operations continue, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone told Briefly News.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions' General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, called on the government to rescue the trapped zama zamas at Stilfontein.
After a court granted an interim order, food was sent below the surface to the remaining unknown number of illegal miners at the Stilfontein mine.
A North West woman, 32, who allegedly sold her child, 2, in the North West, made her third appearance in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court and abandoned bail.
A 32-year-old mother is in custody following her appearance in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court for allegedly selling her two-year-old child to unknown people.
Zwelinzima Vavi believes that illegal miners should be given assistance to avoid further loss of life, but South Africans think he should help them himself.
The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal miners underground at the Stilfontein mine.
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