Zimbabwe's vice president says the death toll from a shaft collapse at a disused gold mine could rise to 13
The body of a trapped miner is carried after been retrieved from a collapsed mine shaft in Chegutu, about 100 kilometers west of the capital Harare, Saturday, Sept. 30 2023. Several people have died from the collapse of a gold mine in Zimbabwe, according to state media reports. The death toll from a shaft collapse at a disused gold mine in Zimbabwe was expected to rise to 13, the vice president said, according to state media.
He said 21 out of 34 miners believed to be underground at the time of the collapse had been rescued. Eight have been confirmed dead, with three bodies removed from the mine and five located but not yet removed, Chiwenga said.Chiwenga was speaking Saturday at a meeting of the ruling ZANU-PF party, The Sunday Mail reported.
Zimbabwe’s mineral-rich national parks, abandoned mines, rivers and even towns are often swarmed with people, including young children, seeking to find valuable deposits. It is one of the few economic activities still going on in a country that has suffered industry closures, a currency crisis and high unemployment over the past two decades.
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