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Twenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.

Date
9 Jun 1991
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Twenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.

Twenty-six miners were trapped when a roof collapsed at the Emaswati Coal mine near Mpaka, Swaziland. The fastest way to get the miners out was through a drill which the Mine’s management immediately requested from South Africa’s Chamber of Mines. The Ingersoll-Rand rescue drill was kept at Witbank, Mpumalanaga. This kind of rescue was the first of its kind in Southern Africa. It was also the largest number of men ever to be rescued through a whole. Thirty one hours after the accident all the trapped men were above ground.                            

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  1. 01Highbeam Trapped Swaziland coal miners rescued through drill hole [online] Available at: https://business.highbeam.com [Accessed on 31 May 2013]
  2. 02Etools A N C   D A I L Y   N E W S   B R I E F I N G [online] Available at: https://www.e-tools.co.za [Accessed on 31 May 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, June 7). Twenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095838

South African History Online (2013) 'Twenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.', South African History Online, 7 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095838 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, Twenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095838, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"Twenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.." South African History Online, 7 June 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095838. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Twenty-six miners trapped in a Swaziland coal mine are rescued with help from South Africa.." South African History Online. June 7, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095838.

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