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The Kinross mine disaster (16 September 1986) resulted in the deaths of 177 miners and the injury of 235 others, [1] making it one of the largest mining incidents in South Africa. [ 1 ] The disaster occurred at the Kinross gold mine when welding set alight an acetylene cylinder.
Kinross is a small gold mining town in Mpumalanga, South Africa with four gold mines in the region. Village on the watershed between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans , between Devon and Trichardt , 42 km west of Bethal , 19 km east of Leslie and about 70 km north-north-east of Standerton .
In 1986, an avoidable disaster [clarification needed] killed 177 mine workers in Kinross Mine in the region's highveld. The response to the disaster by the National Union of Mineworkers was a key point in the South African labour struggle. By the late 1980s, the intensity of resistance across South Africa (including areas like Mpumalanga, which ...
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This is a list of cities and towns in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
Pages in category "1986 in South Africa" ... Kinross mining disaster; L. Lowveld massacre; M. 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash; N. Norweto; S. Operation Southern ...
Secunda, Mpumalanga (2 P) Pages in category "Populated places in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.