Another illegal miner rescued at Langlaagte

Rescue teams went back underground Monday afternoon.

He is the fifth to be brought to the surface.

Police spokesperson Kay Makhubela confirmed that the 42 year-old man is alive, but in a critical condition.

"He is going to be admitted to hospital and we will get more information when he recovers," Makhubela said.

An unknown number of illegal miners were trapped last week following an underground fire in an abandoned mine shaft.

Johannesburg EMS spokesperson Synok Matobako says the man was not with the other miners still trapped underground.

"What he has said is that where he was, he was able to the see one dead body and he doesn't know where the other two are," he said.