Fury, sorrow after four perish at BCL Mine

Miners risk their lives going underground, working the tunnels at BCL Mine
Miners risk their lives going underground, working the tunnels at BCL Mine

The mining town’s people are angry that BCL Mine sends workers to their death like lambs to the slaughter. They claim that profit is at the altar, where management has put the safety of its workers last, Mmegi Correspondents, LEBOGANG MOSIKARE and KOKETSO KGOBOGE, report

FRANCISTOWN: There is palpable anger that is mounting in the mining town of Selebi-Phikwe after four miners died in a freak accident last Sunday.

Six of the miners who were also involved in the accident that claimed the lives of their colleagues have survived, but two of them are in critical condition.

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