# The North West Health Department says it will have no choice but to hold pauper burials for unclaimed bodies of Stilfontein illegal miners. The department’s spokesperson, Tshegofatso Mothibedi, told SABC News that only 12 of the 78 bodies recovered from Shaft 11 in Stilfontein have been positively identified by families. He also confirmed that DNA samples have been collected from all bodies:
North West Health to begin pauper funerals for unclaimed Stilfontein miners [SOUND]
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