TimesLive reports that Cosatu has reiterated its call for Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane to resign over his handling of the Lily Mine disaster and for failing to bring about urgent changes to the mining sector.
The labour federation made the call ahead of the anniversary of the disaster, which left three miners trapped underground on 5 February last year. Solomon Nyerenda, Yvonne Mnisi and Pretty Nkambule, were trapped underground when the container they were working in fell into a giant sinkhole. Their bodies have still not been retrieved. Shadrack Mdluli is upset that there has been no communication from the mine on whether it still intends to try to locate his wife Yvonne’s body. Cosatu also demanded that the mine's management and the Department of Mineral Resources fulfil the many promises that were made to the workers and their families at the time. "Some workers were promised alternative employment and others were promised payments but nothing has happened since those promises were made," Cosatu pointed out.
- Read this report by Ernest Mabuza in full at TimesLive
- Read Cosatu’s press statement at Cosatu Today
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