Woman dies after mud wall collapsed at a mine in Salima

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A 36 year-old Malawian woman, Elinati Nkaunda, has died while her husband has been admitted at Salima district hospital after a mud wall collapsed in a pit which they were digging while searching for granite in Salima district.

PoliceThe death of Nkaunda is said to be the third in three weeks in the district after two other people died on 25 December last year due to a similar accident.

Salima police spokesperson Gift Chitowe said the deceased and her husband were among the people who are involved in small scale mining in search of granite.

He said people in the area of Chief Karonga and other surrounding areas do small scale mining with the aim of making money.

According to Chitowe,   2 grams of the stone can go at a price between K700 and K1000 depending on demand for the stone on a particular day.

Recently, the Malawi government said that they will start a mining project in the district.

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42 Comments

  1. Kulowa kunfumu wamulungu sizitengela m’ntundu wa infa ,koma chisankho chako chomwe unapanga uli moyo,ndingoti ause ndintendele ndipo ali kuchipatalao ndiafunila kuchila mwansanga ameeen.

  2. @kaka muzichimvesesa chingerezi. Si nyumba koma outshaft mine, azathu odala Ku salima Kuli miyala ya mtengo wapatali……

  3. Koma nzachisoni kufunafuna kuti mwina apezeko kandalama aguleko tofunikira pabanja komweko kumwalira echiii! Ambuye asankhireni kuufumu wanu amen!

  4. It can be proper to insure the clodure of these small-scale mines in this rainy season to avoid more casalties.

  5. It can be proper to insure the clodure of these small-scale mines in this rainy season to avoid more casalties.

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