All hail lifesaving South Africa's Mines Rescue Services

These men are preparing for their test at South Africa's Mines Rescue Services (MRS), an elite unit dedicated to saving lives in a country with the deepest mines in the world. The trainees have only one shot at becoming a "brigadesman", as the rescuers are known. There is no second chance if they fail the initial one-week training course. Thus many candidates throw in the towel. "The first day is the physical challenge, the hardest and the second day, with claustrophobia, two guys in general t… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/05/25/... Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel :    / africanews   Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook :   / africanews.channel   Twitter :   / africanews