ENVIRONMENT

SA Chamber 'deeply disturbed' by fatalities

South Africa's Chamber of Mines has spoken out to condemn what it is calling a deterioration in safety performance at the country's mines after the total number of fatalities for 2017 exceeded the whole-year tally for 2016

Donna Schmidt
SA Chamber 'deeply disturbed' by fatalities

The rash of deaths has also reversed nine consecutive years of improvements in its record. Specifically, as of last week, fatal accidents in South Africa rose to 76 year-to-date, surpassing 73 reported...

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