According to the TV News 24 at least four workers at the gold mines Tau Lekoa died in a landslide in the town of Orkney in the North of Africa. Orkney is a small town. It ranks 50th in population in the country, 4th in the region (province of North-West).
According to the company Village Main Reef, after caving five miners trapped underground. Rescue workers and volunteers managed to save only one, who also suffered serious injuries.
the national Union of miners (NUM) in a separate message criticized the mining company, stating that "in the working area, where four miners were found dead, a path for the evacuation was not."
the Company declined to comment pending investigation of the incident.
"there were two seismic events, and then there was a falling stone," said James Duncan, the representative of the mine. "Investigation of the causal factors continue, and we will be able to comment only after they are completed. We generally will not comment on the charges Num".
the Number of victims of mines in South Africa last year has dropped to 81 from 90 in 2017, reported the Ministry of mineral resources in March. That was a notable reduction compared with previous decades, when the sector was marked by frequent violations of safety regulations and labor laws.
