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Miners seen in as shaft.
Ekapa Mine in Kimberley, Northern Cape, says rescue teams are pumping water out of the shaft in which five workers are trapped.
Management says its team is still struggling to reach its missing workers. Communication with the trapped workers has since been lost.
The workers are trapped underground in a shaft which is 800 metres deep following a mud rush incident on Tuesday.
The Sol Plaatje Municipality says its emergency services are ready to assist.
Municipal communications manager Thabo Mothibi says, “The Sol Plaatje Emergency Services remains on high alert, having responded to an early morning emergency call reporting a mud rush incident. The Sol Plaatje Emergency Services will forever dutifully provide support. [Municipality] is prepared to render additional assistance should additional resources or interventions be required.”
Video below is reporting more on the story:
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The Minerals Council South Africa has deployed a team to the mine to support its efforts to rescue the workers. It says in a statement that the deployed team will focus on offering support to Ekapa management and the families of the missing miners.
