{"id":29560,"date":"2026-03-22T11:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29560"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:38:16","slug":"sa-police-confirm-more-bodies-retrieved-at-ekapa-mine-in-kimberley","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-police-confirm-more-bodies-retrieved-at-ekapa-mine-in-kimberley\/","title":{"rendered":"SA police confirm more bodies retrieved at Ekapa mine in Kimberley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South African (SA) Police members in Kimberley, Northern Cape province\u00a0 have confirmed that more bodies have been retrieved at the Ekapa Minerals Joint Shaft.<\/div>\n<div>Forensic Pathology Services and police were seen entering the mine premises, while authorities also met with Ekapa Minerals management as part of ongoing investigations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It has been a month since five miners were trapped underground following a mud rush incident at the Ekapa joint shaft.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Two weeks ago, rescue teams managed to retrieve one miner after efforts were delayed by water underground.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Police say more bodies have now been retrieved as investigations and recovery operations continue at the mine.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23934,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-29560","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"It has been a month since five miners were trapped underground following a mud rush incident at the Ekapa joint shaft.","published_date":"","news_description":"It has been a month since five miners were trapped underground following a mud rush incident at the Ekapa joint shaft.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29561,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29560\/revisions\/29561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}