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Zimbabwe: At Least 22 Zimbabweans Dead in SA Mine Disaster
SW Radio, 3 March 2014
The bodies of at least 22 Zimbabweans who perished in a disused gold mine in Roodeport, South Africa, last week will start arriving in the country this week. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Who Died At Disused SA Mine Identified
SW Radio, 20 February 2014
One of the two people whose bodies were retrieved from a disused gold mine in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been identified as Zimbabwean Blessing Chaitwa. Read more »
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South Africa: Who Are the Real Illegal Miners?
GroundUp, 3 March 2014
The rescue and subsequent arrest of zama-zama - (those prepared to) "have a go" - miners from an abandoned mine shaft near the East Rand city of Benoni made world headlines. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Two Zim Men Die in SA Mine Shaft
The Herald, 21 February 2014
TWO Zimbabweans were among those killed when an illegal mine collapsed in South Africa last week trapping over 200 people. Read more »
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South Africa: 26 Killed in SA Mines This Month
SAPA, 27 February 2014
February has been a deadly month in South Africa's mining industry with at least 26 workers, both legal and illegal, killed underground. Read more »
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South Africa: South African Authorities Rescue, Arrest Trapped Illegal Miners
VOA, 17 February 2014
An unknown number of illegal miners are refusing to be rescued from a sealed-off abandoned mine near Johannesburg because they fear arrest, South African authorities said Monday.… Read more »