Africa-Press – Lesotho. Thirteen Basotho people who were found dead outside an illegal mine in South Africa Sterkfontein were buried over the weekend. According to Local Government Nominee in Motete District, Mr Tumahole Lerafa, five of the constituents were buried on Friday and Saturday.
Lerafa described the three as being the closest relatives and said all the dead had families. He reported that the cause was a gas leak in the hole. “These dead people are very young, and their families and their families depend on them for their livelihood, which I think was born in 1982, which was to expect great benefits for the poor.
one. I realize that the allegation that these people are in a job that puts their lives at risk is the tragedy that they are left with after the 2018 fur case, in which they were not paid their dues.
They became very discouraged because it was their way of life. That shocked them a lot, and the issue of the closed mine in the Caves where the local youths were holding hands, and all of this motivated them to get involved in this tragedy, ”Lerafa said.
In an interview with Voice of the Nation, Lesotho Ambassador to Klerksdorp Mr Selimo Thabane explained that in the vicinity of the Sterkfontein mine, 13 dead bodies were found in different areas. Thabane said the five dead were from Butha-Buthe, two from Leribe and six from Thaba-Tseka. see it on different days.
“There was an online video recording broadcast by the people below the mine where they were asking for permission to take people upstairs, pointing out that they had a problem,” Thabane explained. so.
