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Mining Weekly reports that the Minerals Council SA (MCSA) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) are mourning the deaths of those killed in an accident between a bus and a truck, near diamond miner De Beers' Venetia mine, in Limpopo, on the afternoon of 17 September.
Engineering and contractor group Murray & Roberts (M&R) earlier confirmed the deaths of 18 (later reports indicate 22) of its employees in the collision. The employees were being transported to the Venetia mine for the night shift when the accident occurred. Both vehicles subsequently caught alight. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The NUM, meanwhile, said it was devastated by the loss of life. “We are shattered and devastated about this incident. We are saying enough is enough about the loss of lives in the public roads. Government should do something to upgrade roads because this is the second incident in a short space of six months. We are losing workers due to road accidents," NUM North East regional secretary Philip Mankge said. The union also called on the Limpopo provincial government to assemble a team of investigators to probe the main causes of "such terrible" accidents in the province.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Mining Weekly
- Read too, Musina bus, truck crash: 22 lives lost, at TimesLIVE
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