A group of illegal miners have said they would be willing to try to rescue the boy. Picture: Boksburg Advertiser
Illegal miners have said they would step in to recover the five-year-old boy who fell down the shaft on Saturday, if they were given the chance, reports the Boksburg Advertiser.
This comes after they criticised the methods used by mine rescue team and Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services, who have been conducting rescue efforts since Saturday, saying it would lead to nowhere.
Rescue efforts were temporarily suspended at around 4pm on Tuesday as rescue teams believed an excavator was needed to break through the mud which was preventing the camera from penetrating further than 120m into the shaft.
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An illegal miner, known only by the name Endurance, from Zimbabwe said he could recover the child with ease. He and his group of illegal miners have been pleading with authorities to allow them to retrieve the child.
Endurance said he worked at a mine while he was still in Zimbabwe and that he knew everything about mines.
– Caxton News Service
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