Benoni SAPS media liaison officer Lieut Nomsa Sekele said the Zimbabwean national’s body was brought to the surface by his family members.
Family members of the man whose body was brought to the surface, descended on the area yesterday, after becoming suspicious when their loved one failed to return home.
The family told police two men entered the shaft on February 10.
Sekele said this morning the body of the second person is still underground.
The men are believed to have been illegal miners.
Meanwhile, 25 men have been rescued from a ventilation shaft in the veld off Range View and Snake roads, from Sunday to Wednesday morning.
Ekurhuleni mayoral spokesperson, Zweli Dlamini, said a man surfaced at the shaft late yesterday afternoon.
The miner told rescuers on the surface that there were still 50 men underground who are starting to get hungry.
The man descended back into the hole and has not re-surfaced.
Dlamini could not confirm whether there were 50 men underground.
The miners initially said there were 30 miners underground with hundreds more deeper underground.
The miners have been requesting a safe passage, not wanting to be arrested when surfacing, delaying the rescue.
The 25 miners who have surfaced have been arrested and charged will illegal mining.
Dlamini said the SAPS, EMPD and mine security are still monitoring the situation at the shaft.
Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele commended rescue services involved in the rescue of the men.
He called all communities to abstain from the dangerous exercise of illegal mining.
Officials from Ekurhuleni, the Department of Mineral Resources and mine officials will on Friday meet to discuss the state of mines.
Dlamini said intervention measures to curb illegal mining will be discussed.
