Gloria Motsoere6 February 2024 | 7:26

Mashaba reiterates call for those involved in Lily Mine tragedy to face criminal charges

Mashaba’s party, ActionSA held a prayer service at the mine in Mpumalanga on Tuesday, with the day marking eight years since three employees were trapped underground after a mine collapsed.

Mashaba reiterates call for those involved in Lily Mine tragedy to face criminal charges

FILE: ActionSA president Herman Mashaba at the party's inaugural policy conference at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg on 12 September 2023. Picture: X/HermanMashaba

JOHANNESBURG - ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba reiterated his call for those involved in the Lily Mine tragedy to face criminal charges.

The party held a prayer service at the mine in Mpumalanga on Tuesday, as the day marked eight years since three employees were trapped underground after a mine collapsed.

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Solomon Nyirenda, Yvonne Mnisi, and Pretty Nkambule's remains have still not been retrieved to date.

Mashaba said government had not done enough to ensure that those bodies were returned to the families.

"It is for that reason everyone involved in this criminality that one day, they've got to face justice."