NATIONAL NEWS - Around 950 miners are trapped underground at Sibanye Gold's Beatrix mine in the Free State.
Sibanye says a storm knocked out power on Wednesday night, preventing evening shift workers from exiting the mine.
But mine officials say the workers are not in danger and that food and water have been delivered to them.
Spokesperson James Wellsted says they're working on getting generators to bring the miners to surface.
Almost 1000 miners trapped in gold mine
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Posted on: 15:51 Thu, 01 February 2018
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