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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, Solomon Nyarende and Yvonne Mnisi were trapped when a container disappeared below the surface.
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.
The union federation’s leadership on Tuesday reported back on its latest central executive committee meeting.
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.
Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyerende were trapped in a lamp room in a container underground when a pillar collapsed and buried them with soil and rocks in 2016.
Today marks exactly two years since Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyerende were trapped in a lamp room in a container underground.
Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyerende were trapped in a container more than 15 months ago.
Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyerende fell to their deaths in a container at the mine more than 15 months ago.
Business rescue practice Sturns says creditors are expected to meet to vote on a plan for Vantage Gold's Barbrook mine.
The committee says it’s unacceptable that there’s no immediate plan to return the mineworkers' remains to their families.
The families of three mine workers whose bodies are still trapped underground were promised R200,000 as compensation.