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Covid 19 South Africa Miners Back at Work

An estimated 240 000 miners are back at work on 385 large and small mines across South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday 11/06/2020.

 

 

 


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