Family members and friends gathered for days hoping for their loved ones to be retrieved from the collapsed mine
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The remains of a man have been retrieved from a disused mine shaft, five days after a tunnel collapsed.
Provincial Minister Monica Mavhunga said nine other people are believed to still be trapped underground.
Last Wednesday, six illegal miners were able to escape after the mine collapsed, caused by indiscriminate blasting.
Rescue efforts have been slowed by rain, which softened the earth at the opening of the shaft where rescue efforts are concentrated.
Over the weekend, one volunteer was crushed to death by rockfall.
The miner’s families have expressed frustration at the pace of the rescue being carried out by government and local mining companies.
The draining of the mine is still ongoing.-BBC News,
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