On Monday night, the walls of a mine dump site collapsed near Rustenburg, in South Africa's North West province, killing at least 14 artisanal miners and injuring eight. Police say an unknown number of men may still be trapped, and search teams with sniffer dogs and specialised equipment have been working at the site. Most of the miners are believed to have come from neighbouring Lesotho. Known as zama zamas — “those who try their luck” — thousands of men dig in disused shafts and dump sites to feed families back home. Behind each life lost is a household, in two countries, waiting for word. We pray for the families of Rustenburg and Lesotho in their grief, for the injured as they heal, and for the searchers and responders labouring at the site — holding to the hope that such sorrow may not come again.