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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Farai Mutsaka

The death toll in a collapsed gold mine in Zimbabwe expected to rise to 13, vice president says

AP

The death toll from a shaft collapse at a disused gold mine in Zimbabwe was expected to rise to 13, the vice president said, according to state media.

State-run newspaper The Sunday Mail quoted Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as saying “we believe we have lost about 13” in the mine disaster, which happened on Friday in the gold-rich town of Chegutu, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital, Harare.

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