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15 miners feared dead after shaft collapse at Scott Sakupwanya’s mine

Jan 4, 2024 67,729

MUTARE – Fifteen miners are believed to have died Thursday morning following the collapse of a shaft at a mine owned by controversial gold dealer and now Zanu PF's Mabvuku-Tafara MP Pedzai Scott Sakupwanya.
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2 illegal miners die in shaft collapse

Jan 8, 2019 28,141

An illegal miner was trapped to death, while another died on admission at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital after a rock fell in Level 5 Shaft at Eldorado Mine on Saturday night. Over 20 people have now died in the mine in the last few months.
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8 miners dead after shaft collapse in Mazowe

May 28, 2017 5,341

Eight miners were confirmed dead yesterday after being trapped in a shaft while panning for gold at Big Mine in Mazowe on Monday.
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