Rights groups have raised alarms regarding the situation in Stilfontein where police allegedly used starvation as a tactic against illegal miners, leading to nearly 80 deaths.
South African authorities declared the rescue operation over, reporting no survivors or bodies found, and acknowledging that 246 people were rescued, many in poor health.
Critics argue that police actions effectively trapped many miners, with community members pleading for intervention, but authorities instead maintained a strategy of 'smoking out' those below.
Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni's comments, indicating the intention to force the miners out, led to further outrage as rights groups warned of the deadly consequences of inaction.
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