Andre Shannon News Today

Having served the City of Wanneroo as its mayor for just over a year, Linda Aitken won’t be heading into the 2023 Local Government elections with an easy fight.

Local community policing forum member, Andre Shannon says they are concerned about illegal mining in the area, claiming that it continues unabated, with little police visibility.

Police discovered 19 bodies at an active mine on Wednesday while two more were found on Thursday morning.

Its suspected that illegal mineworkers died after flooding due to heavy rain on Tuesday evening at an unsupervised mine shaft, leaving them trapped.

The death toll of alleged illegal miners in Krugersdorp has risen to 21.

The police say that allegations of complicity by some officers in the service are common and called for people to come forward with evidence