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At least 20 mine workers killed after bus collides with lorry in South Africa

At least 20 lives were tragically lost in a bus crash in Limpopo province, South Africa while the bus was transporting staff from the Venetia Diamond Mine. The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
The Venetia Diamond Mine, the largest diamond mine in South Africa, accounting for over 40% of the country's diamond production, employs more than 4,300 people. The mine is owned by De Beers, a diamond giant.
South Africa has a high rate of road fatalities, with over 12,000 deaths recorded between January and December of last year. The state of the roads and the vehicles traveling on them have been subject to criticism by authorities.

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News18 India

South Africa Road Accident Kills At Least 20 Mine Staff

Tragic De Beers mine bus accident in South Africa claims lives. Updates on the incident near Venetia diamond mine

7 days ago·India

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NDTV

20 Diamond Mine Staff Killed After Bus Collides With Lorry In South Africa

At least 20 employees of mining giant De Beers have been killed in a road accident in South Africa, local officials said Sunday. The bus involved was ferrying staff from the Venetia mine, one of the biggest diamond mines in the country, said a transport official in Limpopo province, in the north of the country. "The bus came into collision with a lorry," said Vongani Chauke. Chauke told AFP the accident happened at around 1600 GMT, some 25 kilom…

7 days ago·New Delhi, India

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abc News

A truck-bus collision in northern South Africa leaves 20 dead, most of them miners going to work

A head-on collision between a truck and a bus ferrying workers to a mine in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province has left 20 people dead

7 days ago·United States

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Hindustan Times

At least 20 mine workers killed after bus collides with lorry in South Africa

South Africa has one of the most developed road networks on the continent, but also has one of the worst road safety records.

7 days ago·New Delhi, India

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CNN

At least 20 killed in South Africa as bus erupts in flames after head-on collision

At least 20 people - mostly mine workers - were killed in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Sunday after a bus they were traveling in erupted in flames following a head-on collision with a truck, state media reported.

7 days ago·Atlanta, United States

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KRDO

A truck-bus collision in northern South Africa leaves 20 dead, most of them miners going to work

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A head-on collision between a truck and a bus ferrying workers to a mine in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province has left 20 people dead. Construction company Murray & Roberts Cementation says 17 of its workers, who were being transported to the Venetia mine in Musina close to the Zimbabwe border, died in the accident on Sunday. Four other workers were injured. The workers were reporte…

7 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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