JUST IN: Three die in flooded mine shaft This file picture shows villagers watching as a Zimgold Fields excavator works on retrieving illegal gold miners that are suspected to have been buried alive in a mine shaft at Premier Estate in Mutasa, Manicaland, . — Picture: Tinai Nyadzayo

Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau
Three bodies were retrieved from Pingo Mine in Mhondoro-Ngezi today after a shaft in which an undisclosed number of artisanal miners were working was flooded.

There were indications that at least four artisanal miners were trapped, but the number had not been verified.

Chief Ngezi, Mr Peter Pasipamire, confirmed the incident which took place in his jurisdiction.

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