NATIONAL NEWS - Sibanye-Stillwater has now confirmed that all the trapped mineworkers at its Beatrix mine in the Free State have been rescued.
Nine hundred and fifty-five workers were trapped for more than 30 hours underground as a result of a power outage caused by a severe storm.
Eskom restored power in the early hours of Friday morning after attempts to rescue the workers using generators failed.
While some mineworkers have been driven by buses to the mine’s clinic for checkups, others are driving out of the premises.
The mine’s James Wellsted has confirmed that all workers have resurfaced.
Trapped miners rescued
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Sibanye-Stillwater’s Beatrix mine
Posted on: 08:09 Fri, 02 February 2018
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