This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.Mining Weekly reports that the Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources has called on the Chief Inspector of Mines, David Mzisa, to closely monitor the imminent inquest into the accident that claimed the lives of 13 mineworkers at an Impala Platinum (Implats) mine, in Rustenburg, on 27 November last year.
A further 73 mineworkers, who were in the same conveyance as their deceased colleagues, were injured. These workers have since been discharged from the hospital and continue to receive psychological and post-traumatic care from the mine. The accident occurred when a lift cage, transporting miners to the surface from the 11 Shaft, suddenly plummeted about 200 m. “We will be following the inquest with keen interest, and we are urging [Mzisa] to monitor it closely, because we will be interested in the outcome and consequence management against anyone found to be in the wrong. No stone should be left unturned,” committee chairperson Mikateko Mahlaule said on Wednesday. In a statement, the committee said it was encouraged at the speed with which the mine moved to implement remedial action by installing new technology on the same conveyance, which will prevent any recurrence of a similar accident.
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