Up to five feared dead in Jagersfontein tailings dam disaster
President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit the site on Monday
11 September 2022 - 14:51
UPDATED 11 September 2022 - 19:48
Up to five people are feared dead in SA’s worst tailings dam collapse since the Merriespruit disaster almost three decades ago.
The dam at a long-disused diamond mine in the Free State town of Jagersfontein burst its banks early on Sunday morning, sweeping away nine houses and severely damaging 20 more...
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