/ 27 October 1999

THIRD MINER’S BODY FOUND

THE body of the third worker, missing underground since a rockfall at Bambanani Mine’s West Shaft on Saturday, was found on Tuesday morning, Anglogold spokesman James Duncan said. Duncan said the body was recovered at about 3am. The three miners were trapped after a rockfall caused by a seismic event at the mine near Welkom in the Free State at about 8.25am on Saturday morning. Two of the three miners were confirmed dead late on Sunday.