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FILE: Police vehicles at the Rheinmetall Denel munitions facility in Macassar, Cape Town, after an explosion at the facility killed at least 8 people and injured more on 3 September 2018. Picture: AFP

Macassar

Inquiry into Rheinmetall munitions blast in Macassar nearing conclusion

By Regan Thaw

The Employment and Labour Deparment has been investigating what led to the 2018 tragedy at the Rheinmetall Denel munition premises in Macassar.

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  • FILE: Police vehicles at the Rheinmetall Denel munitions facility in Macassar, Cape Town, after an explosion at the facility killed at least 8 people and injured more on 3 September 2018. Picture: AFP

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  • Traffic and police officers direct emergency vehicles into the Rheinmetall Denel munitions facility in Macassar, Cape Town, after an explosion at the facility killed at least 8 people and injured more, on 3 September, 2018. Picture: AFP

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