Kusasalethu mine
Harmony Gold, Amcu reach agreement, ending Kusasalethu strike
Employees embarked on a wildcat strike following the dismissal of six Amcu branch officials.
The team visited the Kusasalethu and Mponeng mines in Carletonville on Wednesday, assessing mining health and safety.
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane says that after the Kusasalethu mine tragedy, mine bosses should remember to serve the miners.
More than 200 miners gathered at the Kusasalethu Mine near Carletonville to mourn the death of five colleagues who died in a rockfall following a seismic event.
Five miners lost their lives at the Kusasalethu operation during a seismic event there in August.
Five men died underground last month following a seismic event at Harmony Gold's operation in Carletonville.
On Thursday, rescue teams brought the last two bodies to the surface, ending a six-day recovery operation.
The five miners were trapped underground during a rockfall on Friday morning.
On Thursday, the last two bodies were brought to the surface, ending a six-day rescue mission.
The pair had been part of a group of five miners who became trapped on Friday morning following a seismic event.
This follows seismic activity at the mine that led to a rock fall on Friday trapping five men in the process.
A seismic event at the mine led to a rockfall on Friday, trapping five men in the process of which two are still trapped.
The mine's Marian van der Walt says there will be an investigation once rescue operations wrap up.
Three people have died, while two more have been trapped underground since Friday.
Two miners remain trapped underground
The mineworkers got trapped in the mine on Friday morning following a seismic event underground.
It's understood the incident occurred earlier on Friday and the firm says rescue teams are working tirelessly to reach the miners.
About 1,700 miners spent two nights underground demanding that Harmony Gold make good on its promise to pay them bonuses.
Harmony Gold claimed that it was unaware of the reasons for the sit-in, saying that no formal demands had been made by the mineworkers.