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The Zimbabwe Republic Police has released the names of 7 people who died after being trapped underground at Bucks Mine.

Meanwhile, a 44-year-old Zimbabwean man, Motsi Wilfred Nhamo, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for smuggling explosives into South Africa.

The Musina Magistrate’s Court heard that Nhamo was arrested on 30 May last year after entering South Africa with the explosives via Beitbridge Border Post.

Zwnews