Johannesburg - Three men were found dead in a dam at President Brand mine near Welkom in the Free State on Sunday, said paramedics.
ER24 spokesman Andre Visser said the men were found by security guards in the dam around 10am.
Paramedics arrived on the scene at 11.10am. Police divers had already removed the bodies from the dam and the men were declared dead at the scene.
Visser said paramedics believed the bodies were in the dam for some time and drowning was the suspected cause of death.
Police were investigating. - Sapa