JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa saw the lowest number of mine deaths on record last year, with 51 people killed compared to 81 the previous year, the mines ministry said on Friday.
"The lowest recorded fatalities in 2019 at 51 shows that there's a possibility of a fatality-free mining industry and that's what we are striving for," the ministry cited Minister Gwede Mantashe as saying in comments posted on Twitter.
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