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latest news & developmentsGovt takes aim at mine managers
South Africa plans to extend its crackdown on mine safety and may prosecute mine managers if fatal accidents are caused by negligence. ”I don’t think the mine managers are doing…
‘People not knowingly sent into mines to die’
The mining industry does not knowingly and willingly send people into mines to die, Chamber of Mines outgoing president Lazarus Zim said on Tuesday. Speaking at the chamber’s…
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…