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eventREF E-0093607Revised

16 September 1986

More than 170 mineworkers are killed at Kinross Mine, South Africa

Updated
30 Sep 2019
More than 170 mineworkers are killed at Kinross Mine, South Africa

How we know this

  1. 01Anon. (1995) 'Mine disaster pushes safety to top of political agenda'[online] Available at: www.mg.co.za [Accessed 6 September 2010]
  2. 02Anon. (unknown) 'South African Disaster in a Gold mine'[online] Available at: www.time.com  [Accessed 3 September 2010]
  3. 03Anon. (unknown) 'This day in history'[online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za   [Accessed 3 September 2010]
  4. 04International Labour Conference  (1990) Special Report of the Director General on the Application of the Declaration concerning Action against Apartheid in South African and Namibia, Geneva,  p.42
  5. 05Parks, M. (1986) 'S Africa Miners Strike to Protest Deadly Fire',[online], available at [Accessed 3 September 2010]
  6. 06Swanepoel, B.  et al, (2005) 3rd e.d, South African Human Resource Management, Theory and Practice, Cape Town p. 542

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2012, September 12). More than 170 mineworkers are killed at Kinross Mine, South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093607

South African History Online (2012) 'More than 170 mineworkers are killed at Kinross Mine, South Africa', South African History Online, 12 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093607 (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

South African History Online, More than 170 mineworkers are killed at Kinross Mine, South Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093607, (accessed 17 October 2026).

"More than 170 mineworkers are killed at Kinross Mine, South Africa." South African History Online, 12 Sept. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093607. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "More than 170 mineworkers are killed at Kinross Mine, South Africa." South African History Online. September 12, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093607.

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