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Police say the bodies of 14 suspected illegal miners have been found in an abandoned shaft in Nkaneng, near Rustenburg, North West.

Reports indicate that the group had been operating at the disused mining site.

Senior provincial police officials are still on their way to the crime scene, where investigations are expected to start.