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Parliamentary committee demands to see report into Lily Mine disaster
The committee says it’s unacceptable that there’s no immediate plan to return the mineworkers' remains to their families.
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Lily Mine: No guarantee miners' families will be compensated
The families of three mine workers whose bodies are still trapped underground were promised R200,000 as compensation.
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'Retrieving bodies of Lily Mine workers unlikely'
Business rescue company Sturns has told Parliament’s mineral resources committee that current conditions are too risky.
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[WATCH] Lily Mine: A forgotten tragedy
It's been a year since a container with three mine workers inside plummeted underground at the Lily Mine and the families of Solomon Nyerende, Pretty Nkambule and Yvonne Mnisi still haven’t been able to bury them.
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Lily Mine: Pretty Nkambule's family pleads with mine to help retrieve her body
Nkambule's family has pleaded with the mine & the Mineral Resources Dept to work together to retrieve their loved one underground.
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Zwane: Retrieving trapped miners at Lily Mine remains our primary concern
Mosebenzi Zwane has, through a statement, told families that he understands their frustration and is working hard to find a solution.
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Lily Mine: Money won’t bring our daughter back
The Mnisi family says they would rather not concern themselves with the clash between miners and vantage point.
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Cosatu reaffirms its commitment to planned protest against Lily Mine
Plans to protest have also caused a cancelation of the planned remembrance day for the three trapped mineworkers.
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Lily Mine exhausted all avenues to retrieve trapped miners - Sturns
A year later, Sturns says that Lily Mine spent a large sum of money on experts who were called in to assist in finding the miners.
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Lily Mine: Plans to hold remembrance service spark fresh tensions
Three workers were killed when they became trapped underground in a metal structure in a massive ground collapse last year.
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Lily Mine remembrance service postponed due to safety concerns
Sturns, a business rescue practice, says they were alerted that groups of people planned to disrupt the service at the mine entrance.
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Lily Mine to hold remembrance service following 2016 collapse
Sunday will be exactly one year since Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyerende were trapped underground.
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Lily Mine: Families of trapped workers seek closure
It's been seven months since a mine shaft collapsed at the Lily Mine in Barberton.
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Lily Mine owners to take legal action against AfroCan
The mine was placed under business rescue, putting 900 jobs on the line after a shaft collapse in February.
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Lily Mine: Canadian company fails to pay $2,5m to resume operations
The Lily Mine is already over three months in arrears and has not been unable to pay its workers.
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Cosatu demands Lily Mine prioritise search for trapped miners
Cosatu says mine management is not doing enough to ensure that the three miners are found.
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Still no salaries for Lily Mine workers
Earlier this week, managers promised workers their salaries would be paid between Wednesday and today.
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Lily Mine managers, employees agree on pay date
The mine was meant to pay workers their April salaries last Thursday.
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Lily Mine management, employees to meet over unpaid salaries
Mineworkers say there’s been no clear communication about why they’ve not been paid their April wages.
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Lily Mine workers yet to be paid
The mine was placed under business rescue, putting 900 jobs on the line.
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Lily Mine: Operations won’t resume where miners remain trapped
Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi & Solomon Nyerende have been trapped underground since February.
