A company official says more than 100 miners have escaped from a gold mine in South Africa after being held underground for three days by fellow employees in a union dispute.
Miners gather at the top of a goldmine shaft in Springs, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Police in South Africa say a group of gold miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for the second day over a union dispute. for three days by fellow employees in a union dispute, a company official said.
Mine officials say approximately 15 were injured in scuffles, including a man that authorities think sustained a serious head injury. When mine officials sent a paramedic and a security officer to evacuate the man from the mine, they were also taken hostage, according to the head of the mine. The miners who came out were giving statements to police and being examined at a clinic, but none appeared to have any serious injuries, Hassam said. He said the mine workers who were injured in scuffles earlier in the week were still underground and the standoff was continuing.
“ management and NUM are refusing by all means to grant AMCU access into the operation in terms of recognition,” he said.
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