eNCA reports that Harmony Gold is to hold a memorial service on Monday in Carletonville, west of Johannesburg, for five miners who died last week after a rockfall at the Kusasalethu mine.  

They were trapped underground for some days before their bodies were recovered.  A full investigation will be conducted.  Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane commented that the time for just talking about mine safety was over, and the deaths should be seen as a wake-up call.

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