A collapse occurred in an informal gold mine in Zimbabwe, leading to at least nine miners' deaths.
The Zimbabwe Miners' Federation (ZMF) and a mine engineer reported the incident.
ZMF president Henrietta Rushwaya mentioned that four bodies have been recovered, while five others are still trapped.
Retrieval operations are hampered by the instability of the mine shaft.
The incident happened at the Bay Horse Mine in Chegutu, approximately 120 kilometers west of Harare.
Twenty-one miners survived the collapse, but three others are believed to be missing.
Illegal mining is prevalent in Zimbabwe due to economic challenges, often in dangerous conditions.
The mining minister, Soda Zhemu, attributed accidents to irresponsible mining practices.
Accidents in the mining industry are common in the mineral-rich country, with a previous incident resulting in 24 deaths in 2019 due to flooding in an abandoned pit.
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