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- “It happened in a flash, and the earth swallowed a dozen,” Lerothodi Nale*, a migrant from Lesotho who escaped the collapse and ran to alert nearby security guards, told Al Jazeera.
- Without a passport, Nale left the scene afterwards, fearing arrest.
- More miners could still be trapped underground, North West police commissio
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- “It happened in a flash, and the earth swallowed a dozen,” Lerothodi Nale*, a migrant from Lesotho who escaped the collapse and ran to alert nearby security guards, told Al Jazeera.
- Without a passport, Nale left the scene afterwards, fearing arrest.
- More miners could still be trapped underground, North West police commissio
Sources: Al Jazeera