Community volunteers in Stilfontein have been lowering food to trapped miners, colloquially known as 'zama zamas'. A message from the miners asking for beef and porridge was hoisted out, leading to a court order allowing for the provision of immediate aid until a full court hearing on Thursday.
This number, 11 resurfaced on Tuesday while 15 came out on Wednesday, by community volunteers who lowered food down to the trapped miners , colloquially referred to as zama zamas . The same day, a message written in blue ink on a white piece of paper was hoisted from the underground by community members where the illegal miners asked for beef.
The message seen by IOL read: 'We apologise to tell u that those sick people, they ask us to tell u that they want something like beef so that they can be tight and also instant porridge they will be thankful (sic).' A court order allowed the community in Stilfontein to provide food to the trapped miners. A community-based organisation, Mining Affected Community in Action (Macua), sought an urgent court order to compel the government to provide humanitarian aid to the miners. The Star reported Judge Nicolene van Nieuwenhuizen granted an interim order allowing for the immediate provision of aid, which will remain in effect until a full court hearing on Thursday
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