Search
  1. Home
  2. Southern Africa
  3. South Africa
  • News

15 miners trapped underground

    JOHANNESBURG

    Rescuers were trying to reach 15 miners trapped more than 2kms underground since Monday at a gold mine in Orkney in North West province, about 200 km west of Johannesburg, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported on Tuesday.

    The workers were trapped underground after a rockfall caused by a seismic shock measuring 2.9 points on the Richter Scale. The mine is owned by a new mining group, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM). A mine spokesman told SABC on Tuesday that there was hope that the miners were still alive.

    ARM chairman Patrice Motsepe told the South African Press Association the trapped miners included eight Lesotho nationals, two Mozambicans, a Swaziland national and four South Africans.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join