More mine workers had died so far this year on South African mines than in the same period last year...the Exxaro safety summit heard...“We’re sitting on 34 fatalities for this year. Over the same period last year the fatality rate was 22,” [National Union of Mineworkers safety head Mziwakhe Nhlapo] lamented... Exxaro CEO Sipho Nkosi said that Exxaro was still suffering loss of life and the company was also not achieving its injury reduction targets. Nkosi...said that something was not right in the organisation and that was why the safety summit had been called.