24 bodies found in mine disaster

RESCUERS have recovered 24 bodies from a mine in Zimbabwe after it was flooded during heavy rains, trapping dozens of subsistence miners underground.

Henrietta Rushwaya, leader of the country’s small-scale miners’ association, said 23 of the bodies have been identified since the disaster on Tuesday near Kadoma. Eight people were rescued from the flooded tunnels.

Illegal mining has become rampant in a country where many people are unemployed.