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ANA reports that finding the “lamp room” container and the three mine workers trapped inside when it was buried in a sinkhole at Vantage Goldfields’ Lily Gold Mine at Barberton a year ago remained a priority, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said on Sunday.
Since that day, the department had worked tirelessly to ensure that the buried container which carried Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule, and Solomon Nyerende was found and brought to the surface, Zwane indicated in a statement. An inter-ministerial committee of ministers – mineral resources, social development, and women – had been established to support the families and employees affected by the accident, Zwane stated. The primary objective remained that of finding the container in order for the families of the three employees to get closure on this matter. Meantime, the department has concluded the investigation into the accident and it has now been converted into an inquiry in terms of the Mine Health and Safety Act, which would start in the next few days. No mining can resume until the inquiry has been concluded.
- Read this report in full at eNCA
- See too, No closure in Lily Mine disaster without loved ones' bodies: Sanco, at News24
- And also, Families hold prayer service for three trapped Lily Gold miners, at SABC News
- As well as, Cosatu reaffirms its commitment to planned protest against Lily Mine, at EWN
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