The bodies of 24 illegal gold miners have been recovered from flooded tunnels in Zimbabwe after a dam wall collapsed following heavy rain.
Up to 70 may have been trapped in the mine and the search near Kadoma continues, the government said. It has declared a national disaster.
Henrietta Rushwaya, who leads the country’s small-scale miners’ association, said 23 of the bodies had been identified.
According to the government’s deputy chief mining engineer, “it doesn’t seem likely” that there are any other survivors.
Friends and relatives have broken police lines in an attempt to identify their loved ones.
According to the Zimbabwean government, $200,000 (ÂŁ155,000) is needed to complete the rescue effort – with a spokesman urging “well-wishers” to donate body bags, masks and gloves.