In 2019 the High Court ordered that the process be finalised. However, this was yet to happen. Mashaba said the party is now in talks with one of the bidders for the mine to take legal steps to hold the BRPs in contempt of court.
On the 5th of February in 2016, 90 miners who were trapped underground at the mine were rescued but Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyirenda were not so lucky.
Former workers and family members claimed the CEO of Vantage Goldfields, Mike McChesney, wanted the mine to operate from next year and promised to compensate former employees.
Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi, and Solomon Nyirenda were trapped underground following a tremor that collapsed part of the mine in Mpumalanga in February 2016.
Over four years ago three mineworkers – Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi, and Solomon Nyirenda – were trapped underground after a tremor.
A shaft collapse in February 2016 left Solomon Nyirenda, Pretty Nkambule, and Yvonne Mnisi trapped in a container.
Attempts to retrieve their bodies were abandoned for safety reasons but the families believe it is possible.
The families said progress was made in the litigation against the mine’s management.
Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyarende and Yvonne Mnisi were trapped when a container disappeared below the surface.
The undocumented Mozambican national, who was found to be in possession of dagga, will also face charge of trespassing after two bodies were recovered from a non-operating shaft at the mine.
It's understood the pair was found in a shaft at the non-operating mine on Thursday.
The families told Eyewitness News about the two access tunnels that were allegedly not mentioned by mine management.
Efforts to rescue them at the time failed and the mine suspended recovery efforts, saying it didn't have enough money.
The operation began on Monday, with family members and co-workers going underground to assess the situation.
Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyarende were trapped underground in a metal structure during a massive ground collapse exactly three years ago.
Today marks exactly three years since Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyirenda and Yvonne Mnisi fell into a sinkhole at the Mpumalanga mine.
Amcu says the government has failed to show that they prioritise the lives of the workers by leaving the bodies of the deceased miners underground for so many years.
The two mines were forced to shut their doors after a section collapsed in 2016, trapping three employees underground.
