Two SANDF members confirmed dead after Roodepoort mine shaft fall
A SAPS media statement says senior police members and the acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia have expressed their deepest condolences following the tragic loss 0f the SANDF members, The statement further reads, “Preliminary reports indicate that SANDF members were pursuing suspected illegal miners in an underground tunnel when they fell into an abandoned mine shaft.
According to police, the members were in pursuit of suspected illegal miners during Operation Prosper when they slipped and fell into the shaft.” Acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane also paid tribute to the SANDF members that work with SAPS in combating illegal mining activities across the country.
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