{"id":62879,"date":"2020-02-07T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/02\/07\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/"},"modified":"2020-02-07T15:20:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T15:20:02","slug":"at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k3VGwnPZDGpnWrvMwx1\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least two people are killed and around 20 others are thought to be trapped below ground in a mining accident in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the world&#8217;s mining elite gather in Cape Town for a top-flight industry conference. We hear more about the challenges facing the sector. And the very few Congolese World War II veterans still alive remember the sacrifices they made fighting for Belgium during the conflict. The former colonial ruler has been criticised for turning its back on African soldiers who battled shoulder to shoulder with the Belgians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1535,1076],"tags":[454,25885,561,25886,1600],"class_list":["post-62879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-news","tag-gold","tag-gold-mine","tag-killed","tag-trapped","tag-zimbabwe","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least two people are killed and around 20 others are thought to be trapped below ground in a mining accident in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the world&#039;s mining elite gather in Cape Town for a top-flight industry conference. We hear more about the challenges facing the sector. And the very few Congolese World War II veterans still alive remember the sacrifices they made fighting for Belgium during the conflict. The former colonial ruler has been criticised for turning its back on African soldiers who battled shoulder to shoulder with the Belgians.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-07T15:20:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"698\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-07T15:20:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":17,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gold\",\"gold mine\",\"killed\",\"trapped\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Africa\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/\",\"name\":\"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-07T15:20:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg\",\"width\":1240,\"height\":698},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine - GuardianTV","og_description":"At least two people are killed and around 20 others are thought to be trapped below ground in a mining accident in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the world's mining elite gather in Cape Town for a top-flight industry conference. We hear more about the challenges facing the sector. And the very few Congolese World War II veterans still alive remember the sacrifices they made fighting for Belgium during the conflict. The former colonial ruler has been criticised for turning its back on African soldiers who battled shoulder to shoulder with the Belgians.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2020-02-07T15:20:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1240,"height":698,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine","datePublished":"2020-02-07T15:20:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/"},"wordCount":17,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg","keywords":["gold","gold mine","killed","trapped","Zimbabwe"],"articleSection":["Africa","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/","name":"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-07T15:20:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/At-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-Zimbabwe-gold-mine.jpg","width":1240,"height":698},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/at-least-two-killed-and-dozens-trapped-in-zimbabwe-gold-mine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"At least two killed and dozens trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}