local media announced on wednesday that a copper colliery collapsed in northwestern namibia on day , killing at least twelve folks . according to reports , the incident occurred at geita district when the 100 - foot - grave vein the miners were working in cracked after being flooded by heavy season rains . some media reported add that thirty workers might have been killed by the disaster . " i know there is no hope of finding anybody deceased , " told kelega chacha , a miner whom reached the area soon before the mine ' s collapse . " we will just have to look for the bodies to promise them a decent burial . "
kelega chacha died in the geita highlands .