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The Wankie Coal Mine Disaster took place on 6 June 1972, that is now, 50 Years Ago | Rest In Peace Fellow Countrymen | Published By ZimLegends
Remembering the 427 miners / legends which our country lost. They sacrificed their lives working for both their families and for our country.
Regarded as one of the World’s worst mining disasters, the Wankie coal mine disaster happened on the 6th of June 1972 due to a series of underground explosions which took place at Wankie No.2 colliery in the then Rhodesia. With 427 lives which perished on that heartbreaking day, the accident remains the most tragic mine fatality, up to today, in the annals of our country’s, or even in the World’s mining history.
Rest In Peace Fellow Countrymen
