The rescue mission at the mine shaft in Sabie, Mpumalanga, is expected to resume this morning after the bodies of three miners were recovered. Seven other miners were also brought to the surface and received medical treatment.
One had a broken arm. At least 106 miners remain underground.
They say they are being forced to mine gold by armed men. This comes after a certain individual promised jobs.
Police and emergency services were using a rope and pulley to bring the miners, one by one, to the surface through a small hole in the mine shaft.- Reporting by Diteboho Ntamane.
