Emergency services of South Africa extracted 29 bodies from the rubble in illegal gold mines after the explosion that occurred last week, writes the local newspaper The Times referring to the police The explosion occurred in the mines in the province of Free State, formerly owned by Harmony Gold.

Despite the fact that the mines were considered worked out, they continued illegal gold mining. "Eleven illegal prospectors were detained this morning ... They claim that there are still bodies underground," the publication of the words of Lieutenant General Lerato Molale, a police spokesman,. It is reported that most of the dead are from other African countries, such as Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Lesotho.

Original article: The death toll from the explosion in the gold mines in South Africa reached 29 people.