A South African mine manager has been fined R50,000 after 8 deaths in Burkina Faso
A manager from South Africa, and a colleague from Australia, have received suspended sentences and fines for their part in the deaths of eight miners in Burkina Faso.
SA-educated Hein Frey received a fine worth some R50,000, while Daryl Christensen was fined half that.In April, miners were trapped underground in its Perkoa zinc mine after a flash flood.In April, the Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso flooded, leaving eight workers in the underground shafts below an open pit unable to reach the surface. It took well over a month for the
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