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Families of Zimbabweans trapped in SA mine cry for help
Ten informal miners, the majority believed to be Zimbabwean nationals, have remained trapped underground for over five months in an abandoned gold mine shaft in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, after rising wate...Published: 04 May 2025 at 20:23hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
2 more Zimbabweans resurface from SA mine
Two Zimbabwean nationals have emerged from the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine in South Africa after weeks underground, where they endured harrowing conditions. The survivors surfaced last week, bring...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:26hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Ntshavheni's 'concomitant action' moment to kill zama zamas
In a controversial statement on Wednesday, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the government intends to "smoke out" as many as 4,000 illegal miners reportedly trapped underground nea...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:16hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Buried alive for 3 days
WIPING his dusty face and shaking his muddied clothes, Owen Jaison (24) takes a huge sigh of relief.He had just dug his way out of belly of the earth for a kilometre.He and other 14 ar...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:51hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Hope for trapped Redwing miners
The GOVERNMENT has stepped up rescue efforts for 15 miners believed to be trapped underground at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga amid indications they could be found alive.Yesterday, experts said t...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Shaky ground hinders Redwing Mine rescue efforts
UNSTABLE ground at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, has reportedly stalled efforts to rescue nearly a dozen artisanal miners trapped underground on Thursday.In a statement, Met...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 16:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns accident victims
President Mnangagwa expressed his condolences for the victims of the Murowa Diamonds plane crash in Mashava and the Bay Horse Mine accident in Chegutu, both of which occurred on Friday.During ...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bodies of seven miners retrieved from shaft
THREE nights of pumping water out of the 240-metre-deep shaft at Bucks Mine in Colleen where seven miners have been trapped underground since Saturday were met with dead silence when the first body wa...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 12 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Hope amid fear as relatives await fate of miners
FAMILY members of seven miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn sit around small fires and watch helplessly as rescue workers go in and out of the shaft where their relatives have been trapped undergro...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
7 feared dead in mine collapse
SEVEN miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn are feared dead after hoisting ropes to a skip bringing them up the shaft from underground snapped, plunging them back on a free-fall of about 200 meters....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Battle to rescue three trapped illegal miners
The Shurugwi District Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has since Monday been battling to rescue three illegal gold miners who are trapped after a mine tunnel they were working in collapsed. The thr...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Esigodini miners case against ED in false start
The case of the Esigodini miners who were trapped at Matshetshe Mine had a false start at the High Court as Justice Christopher Dube Banda indicated that the court has no jurisdiction in the matter be...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued for silence over trapped miners' fate
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and two of his ministers have been dragged to court for failing to avail information regarding the status of miners who got trapped at a mine in Matshetshe in Esigodini, M...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'One year needed to retrieve Esigodini trapped miners'
THE families of six illegal miners, including four from one family, that were trapped underground when a mine collapsed in Matshetshe, Esigodini, will conduct a burial ritual at the site, as authoriti...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Miners still trapped underground
THE 30 illegal miners trapped in a collapsed shaft at Ran Mine in Bindura were still underground yesterday as efforts to dewater the shaft were in progress.This came amid reports that a volunt...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to save trapped miners as flood halts rescue
Hope is fading by the day for 40 informal gold miners trapped in a collapsed mine in Zimbabwe for more than 48 hours ago after rescue operations were stalled due to flooding.The disused mine c...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rescue mission for 10 trapped miners starts
Efforts to rescue more than 10 miners that were trapped in a disused mine shaft at Ran Mine in Bindura on Wednesday started in earnest yesterday following the arrival of mining experts and heavy equip...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt blasted for abandoning trapped miners in Matebeleland
GOVERNMENT has been rapped for its failure to retrieve six bodies of miners trapped in a shaft at Matshetshe Mine in Esigodini since November 10.Today marks day 17 after the miners got trapped...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt unwilling to rescue 10 trapped Esigodini miners on tribal grounds?
Mthwakazi Democratic Alliance is concerned with the attitude of the ruling party concerning the trapped miners at Matshetshe mine at Esigodini, which is located under UMzingwane District in Matebelela...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Mandlenkosi Nkomo
Search for trapped miners intensifies
A CHINESE mining company, Zhong Jian has intensified efforts to search for illegal gold miners suspected to be buried alive in Premier Estate area in Penhalonga with the company claiming the exercise ...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 dead in Matobo mine disaster
Four gold miners have died, with the death toll expected to rise to six, after Nugget Mine in Matobo, Matabeleland South Province collapsed this Monday morning. 12 other miners remain trapped ...Published: 06 May 2019 at 22:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 more bodies of trapped miners retrieved
Two more bodies of artisanal miners trapped at Cricket Mine in Kadoma two weeks ago have been retrieved bringing the death toll in the disaster to 26.Deputy Chief Government Mining Engineer Ta...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 15:15hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Joy, anger as trapped miners are rescued
A visibly shaken Thinkmore Madimutse was the first survivor to be retrieved from a flooded shaft at Silver Moon mine yesterday four days after disaster struck in the gold-rich Battlefields area....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
24 bodies retrieved from the Battlefields Mine disaster
24 bodies have been retrieved from the Battlefields Mine disaster as rescue operations continue to search for survivors.They have laboured for 24 hours and the fatigue is showing but they are ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 8 miners pulled out alive after 5 days in flooded tunnel
Rescuers pulled out eight illegal gold miners alive at Cricket Mine on Saturday, five days after they were trapped in flooded shafts.Rescue efforts were continuing to find about 60 others whos...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:21hrs | | by Reuters/ZimLive
Rescuers to begin retrieval of bodies of up to 70 Battlefields mine disaster victims
Rescuers are expected to start retrieving trapped illegal gold miners in Battlefields on Friday, but none are expected to have survived flooding in the shafts and the number of casualties could rise t...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:05hrs | 2 | by Reuters§
Govt abandons search for trapped miners
MINES and Mining Development ministry officials have abandoned the rescue mission at Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi, where a dozen artisanal miners were reportedly trapped last week when a shaft collapsed....Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 gold panners die as mine collapses
Two gold panners from Goromonzi died last week when a mineshaft collapsed at Jongwe Farm.Police last week said the duo was among 10 gold panners who were trapped in the eight-metre-deep shaft ...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
One miner retrieved from collapsed mine
At least one miner has been retrieved at Masasa mine in Mazowe where ten are feared dead in mine collapse that occurred on Wednesday.The victim has been identified as Jimmy Mafusire and machin...Published: 26 May 2017 at 13:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Tsholotsho men die in SA mine
The bodies of two illegal miners were brought to the surface late Tuesday night after they died underground at a disused mine in Langlaagte, south of Johannesburg.Their bodies were recovered b...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by online
Minister Moyo covered up deaths at his mine
Deputy Mines minister Fred Moyo has been accused of concealing a fatal accident at his mine, delaying the rescue for two months,Daily News reported Friday.Four illegal miners have been fou...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief dismiss claims snake might be holding mine workers hostage
CHIEF Tikhontele Dlamini has denied rumours that trapped miners at Lily Mine are being held hostage by a mine snake.According to residents of Louw’s Creek and Louieville, near Barberton, the...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa grilled over trapped miners
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said efforts were underway to find the six artisanal miners allegedly trapped in a shaft at Peakstone Mine in Chegutu. He was responding to a mo...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mine owner 'buries' 16 gold panners
SIXTEEN gold panners from Empress in Zhombe spent three days trapped underground after the owner of a mine where they were conducting illegal mining hired an excavator and covered the tunnel which the...Published: 20 Apr 2014 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Freedom Mupanedemo
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 | 4 | by Staff Rep[orter
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