Pretoria News reports that questions regarding the compensation of victims of the Vantage Goldfields Lily Mine collapse and their families remain unanswered more than six months after the tragedy.  

The families of Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyerende were promised R200,000 each after a section of the mine in Mpumalanga caved in on 5 February, trapping the mineworkers in a container that has still not been recovered.  At the time, Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane told the community and the families of the trio and survivors of the disaster that they would be compensated.  He had indicated:  “We will compensate the surviving miners R50,000, and the families of the three will receive R200,000 each.”  However, families of the trio have now accused Zwane of backtracking on the promise he made and participated in an Amcu march to Zwane’s offices last week.  A departmental spokesman failed to respond to enquiries.

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