About 4,000 illegal gold miners don hide underground for South Africa after di government cut off food and water to force dem come out. Dem miners, wey dey dig gold to sell for black market, don dey stuck for one mineshaft in Stilfontein, North West province, for almost a month. Some of dem no get proper papers, and fear say if dem come out, dem go deport them to places like Lesotho and Mozambique.

Cabinet Minister, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, talk say government no go send help because dem involved in criminal activities. Di conditions underground bad, but Police no wan go in because some of di miners fit get guns or belong to criminal groups.