Mudslide from burst mine dam sweeps away houses

Company warned about disaster risk

Alarm bells were raised two years ago about the potential disaster of a dam that holds mine waste in the Free State, which collapsed on Sunday morning, leaving one person dead and 62 others injured.

A total of nine houses were swept away, and 20 others damaged, as the sludge flooded roads, killing livestock in the trail of destruction...

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