BREAKING NEWS
More than 3,000 workers are trapped deep underground in a South African gold mine after an accident blocked a deep shaft, officials have said.
The 2.2km (1.4mile) shaft was blocked near the bottom, trapping the workers. The Elandsrand mine is in the Witwatersrand Basin, which holds the world's largest gold deposit. The mines there are among the deepest in the world.
South Africa's mines have a poor safety record, said a spokesman for the country's National Union of Mineworkers.
This sort of accident gives me nightmares, lets offer our thoughts, wishes and prayers to these men.
