14 illegal miners dead, scores injured at disused Marikana, Nkaneng mine

By Levy Masiteng 

Fourteen illegal miners have died, and scores of others have been injured at a disused mine in Nkaneng, near Rustenburg in the North West, police said on Tuesday.

North West Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Arthur Peter Adams was on his way to the scene as authorities worked to establish exactly what had happened at the abandoned mine, SAPS said.

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“14 illegal miners dead at disused mine – scores injured at Nkaneng near Rustenburg- Provincial commissioner of North West on the