South Africa miners: Minister says rescue operation will now begin

South Africa’s government has changed its tough stance on hundreds of illegal miners stuck in a disused gold mine. The police minister says he's now putting together a plan to save their lives. The change in policy comes days after another minister called the miners 'criminals' and vowed to smoke them out. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from the mine in Stilfontein. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SouthAfrica #IllegalMining #Stilfontein #TrappedMiners #MiningCrisis #HumanRights #PoliceResponse #UndergroundMiners #AlJazeeraEnglish