Gold mine collapse
\n6 miners have been rescued, says information secretary
\nnews agency
\nANKARA
\nSome 30 illegal gold miners are feared dead after being trapped at Zimbabwe\u2019s Bindura mine, local media reported.
\n\u201cA tragedy has occurred at Ran Mine in Bindura town late this afternoon. A deep disused mine trench has caved in trapping several illegal gold miners,\u201d Information Secretary Nick Mangwana said in Twitter post on late Wednesday.
\n\u201cExact number not yet established. So far 6 miners have been rescued. Details to follow but numbers could be circa 30,\u201d he added.
\nEarlier this month, six miners died after they had been trapped in a shaft located at Matshetshe Mine in Esigodini town, while another five miners also died in September in Chegutu mine shaft.
\nThe Zimbabwean government has been heavily blamed for failure to rescue the lives of the trapped miners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gold mine collapse 6 miners have been rescued, says information secretary news agency ANKARA Some 30 illegal gold miners are feared dead after being trapped at Zimbabwe\u2019s Bindura mine, local media reported. \u201cA tragedy has occurred at Ran Mine in Bindura town late this afternoon. A deep disused mine trench has caved in trapping several […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n