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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Mbeki orders safety probe at SA mines

President Thabo Mbeki ordered a safety review on Friday of all South Africa’s mines after a successful operation to rescue thousands of workers who were trapped underground. A…

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
CARLETONVILLE

Last miner emerges to smiles, cheers

The last miner among about 3Â 200 trapped two kilometres underground for over 30 hours at Harmony Gold’s Elandsrand mine near Carletonville was rescued on Thursday night. He was…

  • Louis Oelofse
3 min read
AMELIA SOARES

Goldminers face grim wait for rescue

Almost 600 miners of the 3 200 trapped underground have been rescued from Harmony Gold’s Elandsrand mine on Thursday morning. The cause of the accident was in dispute, the…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read