South Africa set to rescue trapped illegal miners

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There is now light at the end of the tunnel for an estimated 4,000 illegal miners who have refused to resurface from an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, Northwest province of South Africa. The minister of Police Senzo Mnchunu has set up a task team that includes mine rescue experts to start getting the miners out. Thuso Khumalo reports from Johannesburg