Hundreds of workers trapped in South African gold mine


More than 900 miners have been trapped in a South African mine for at least 24 hours after it lost power following a violent storm on Wednesday. Several hundred workers have already been brought up from the Beatrix gold mine, managing company but another 955 remain trapped. Angry family members have gathered near the mine as their relatives enter their second day underground, the state broadcaster reported. "Everyone is accounted, they are safe and in a safe place and we are providing food and water,"

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