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Illegal miners in court today


 Twenty-two of the 25 people rescued from the abandoned mine in Benoni will appear in court on Wednesday.

The Hawks says 11 miners, who were meant to appear in the Benoni Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, will now appear with 11 others on charges of illegal mining.

The miners were found on Sunday when Ekurhuleni metro police on patrol heard screaming from the abandoned mine.

Paramedics initially said there were 200 illegal miners trapped in the mine.

Rescue workers abandoned the mission that same night after the remaining men refused to be brought to the surface for fear of being arrested.