{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Vista","provider_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews","title":"Illegal miners\u2019 appeal against sentence dismissed","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GbLmG2alB5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/illegal-miners-appeal-against-sentence-dismissed-20190328-3\/\">Illegal miners\u2019 appeal against sentence dismissed<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/illegal-miners-appeal-against-sentence-dismissed-20190328-3\/embed\/#?secret=GbLmG2alB5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Illegal miners\u2019 appeal against sentence dismissed&#8221; &#8212; Vista\" data-secret=\"GbLmG2alB5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/560bc552378a44dea5320d341e3d1be3.jpg?fit=1024%2C812&ssl=1","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":812,"description":"The 22 illegal miners who were found guilty of stealing more than R120 million worth of gold dust have failed in their appeal in the Bloemfontein Supreme Court against their accumulative sentence of 1?905 years in jail. \u201cThese illegal miners definitely did not go deep underground in the No 5 shaft of the Masimong Mine in the Goldfields to have a picnic,\u201d said Judge Mojalefa Rampai. He also dismissed their appeal against their conviction on a total of 577 charges. These charges varied from racketeering and violations of the Precious Metals Act and Immigrations Act, to theft, money laundering and organised crime.  Not everyone was charged with and convicted on the same crimes."}