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3 Zimbabweans killed in SA mine war
AT least three Zimbabweans are suspected to be part of 14 illegal miners that were shot dead in Benoni, Ekurhuleni, about 20km outside Johannesburg in South Africa in vicious fights over gold....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants feared dead in SA
South African Police are investigating murder cases after six bodies, all with gunshot wounds and believed to be illegal miners, were found in an open veld next to a railway line in Benoni, Ekurhu...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 05:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
11 Zimbabwean bodies found in SA disused mine
SOUTH African emergency workers have retrieved 11 bodies of Zimbabweans who died after a generator they were using in a disused underground mine exploded in Benoni, some 35km outside Johannesburg. Pol...Published: 09 Sep 2015 at 06:25hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
15 Zimbabweans feared dead in SA mine blast
Emergency teams had by yesterday recovered the bodies of six illegal miners, five of them Zimbabweans who died in a mine blast in Benoni, 35km outside Johannesburg, South Africa. At least 15 Zimbabwea...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 09:02hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
ZAPU Fumes over continued side-lining of other citizens by ZANU PF Government
ZAPU has noted with great detest the continued sidelining of other nationals by the government of President Robert Mugabe and strongly condemns the act as evil and deserving to be stopped."One...Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 18:33hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Timely boost for Roodeport disaster community
The little communities of the otherwise quiet Jabulisa and Setshankwe villages of Nkayi North at the boundary with Gokwe South will never forget the 8th of March 2014. This is the day when 18 bodies ...Published: 12 Jul 2014 at 09:29hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
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 | | 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
MLO grieved by the death of illegal miners
We at Matabeleland Liberation Organization (MLO), are greatly grieved by the death of the illegal miners who perished inside a Roodeport mine. We join the thousands of family members, friends and citi...Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 11:37hrs | | by Brian Ndwane
Zimbabwe Government bungled condolences to Roodepoort mine deaths
After exactly six days since events at the Roodeport mine disaster started unfolding the Zimbabwean government has finally issued a statement which by any standards is extremely disappointing if t...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 20:27hrs | | by Lizwe M
Zim govt sorry to SA mine disaster victims
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has conveyed condolences to the families of Zimbabwean illegal gold miners who perished in the Benoni mine disaster in South Africa and has applauded efforts by various...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff Rep[orter
Zama zama Wars cause of mine deaths not gas explosion - Photos
In a bizarre turn of events, reports from the Roodeport Mine disaster indicate that the scores of people, predominantly Zimbabweans who died underground the mine were actually victims of Zama zama wa...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZAPU tackles Roodeport Mine Disaster head on
The Zimbabwe African People's Union led by Dr Dumiso Dabengwa in South Africa has reacted actively to the Roodeport Mine Disaster where scores of Zimbabweans are trapped thousands of meters underg...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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