Pictures and words:  Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUp On Monday, as the formal rescue operation commenced to retrieve miners from an abandoned mineshaft in Stilfontein, two men donned some protective gear and stepped into a metal cage that was to be lowered deep underground. No police or other rescue workers would go down as the risk was deemed too high. So the responsibility was … Continue reading ‘The smell of death was everywhere’– Stilfontein mine rescue ends