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8 miners shot dead
JOHANNESBURG - EIGHT illegal miners were found murdered in and around a disused mine shaft on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa at the weekend in a suspected turf war between Zimbabweans and Baso...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Timeslive
Breaking: Two Zimbabweans 'shot dead' in SA mine wars
Before tears crying dozens of Zimbabwean citizens who died at the Durban Deep Mine in Roodeport South Africa have even dried, live reports coming from the mine are that at least 2 Zimbabweans hav...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 13:06hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
ZAPU Europe Province Chair's statement May 2013
Dear Fellow Countrymen,Allow me to begin my statement by paying our heartfelt sympathy as a Province of ZAPU to the families, government and people of Nigeria during this difficult time w...Published: 19 May 2014 at 08:05hrs | 5 | by Christopher Maphosa, Chairperson - ZAPU Europe Province
Letter to ZAPU from families of deceased miners
TO THE ZAPU PARTY IN JHB This letter from Durban Deep Disaster Committee and family members serves to express our greatest gratitude in view of your contribution towards this disaster wh...Published: 15 Mar 2014 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Women forget gallant daughter on women's day
Saturday 8 March was officially declared as the International Women's Day (IWD), a day in which the world takes time to reflect on women challenges and achievements. Several women who have defied...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The tragedy and shame of the Durban Deep Mine disaster
As dawn broke over the Limpopo river this morning a convoy of hearses crossed the border into this ruin of a country which, as one writer put it, is aptly named after a heap of ruins in the f...Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 17:08hrs | | by Patrick Ndlovu
Repatriation of SA mine victims set for Friday
Repatriation of the 21 bodies of illegal miners who died at the Durban Deep mine in Roodepoort, South Africa, on February 21 this year has been moved to 8 o'clock in the morning tomorrow.Twen...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 14:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Many Zimbabweans struggle to survive in Johannesburg
TOO weak to sit, or even hold up his head, Prince Sibanda is slowly starving to death. The baby is almost two but his tiny body resembles that of an infant of five months.He is severely malno...Published: 02 Nov 2013 at 12:01hrs | 2 | by Saturday Star
Zim brothers die in SA disused mine while looking for gold
Two Zimbabwean illegal miners died at a disused mine shaft last Thursday at Durban Deep near Roodepoort on the West Rand, and their remains have not been recovered because of the unstable ground, acco...Published: 29 May 2012 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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