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#LilyMine management to analyse progress
Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyerende and Yvonne Mnisi have been trapped underground for 3 weeks.
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Cosatu calls for Lily Mine bosses to take responsibility
Cosatu's General Secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali says govt needs to hold mine bosses accountable.
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Mosebenzi Zwane briefs Parly on Lily Mine disaster
Zwane has confirmed drilling of the second shaft has resumed after a mechanical fault stalled operations.
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Lily Mine rescue plan hinges on new escape route
A new escape route is being drilled 800m from the original mine entrance to ensure the safety of the rescue teams as they try locate three miners trapped in a container.
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#LilyMine: More resources brought in
Attempts to rescue Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi & Solomon Nyerende have been hampered by challenges.
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Lily Mine: Inside the new rescue plan
Lily Mine: Inside the new rescue plan
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Rescuers begin work on second rescue mission route
Authorities are still calling the operation a rescue mission, in the hopes of finding life underground.
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#LilyMine: Officials expected to give an update
3 miners are trapped in a metal container under tonnes of rock and earth.
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#LilyMine: Officials remain hopeful
Rescue operators started drilling yesterday following the delivery of specialised equipment.
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#LilyMine: Officials confident rescue mission will resume soon
Officials are drilling a new exit route for rescue teams to reach the three trapped workers.
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#LilyMine: Drilling operations will officially start today
Rescue operators will continue efforts today to free three workers who've been trapped for over two weeks.
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DA calls for Lily Mine investigations to be tabled before Parliament
Mine management announced that the rescue mission would be put on hold.
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Rescue operations at #LilyMine could take longer
The mine’s owners say operations will continue when a second escape route is drilled.
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Man found dead in apparent suicide in Barberton
The man was found in his car outside his home. It is reported he shot himself while on his way to work.
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Lily Mine: Management, stakeholders discuss way forward
Rescue efforts have been suspended while three workers remain trapped in a metal container.
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‘Main objective at Lily Mine is to rescue trapped miners’
Parliament's labour committee says the only focus is to ensure the workers are brought to the surface.
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Parliament committees ‘satisfied’ with handling of Lily Mine collapse
The Labour and Mineral Resources committees visited the site of the collapse which happened 10 days ago.
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Rescue efforts remain suspended at Lily Mine
It’s been 11 days since 3 workers were trapped in lamp room underground following a collapse.
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Numsa calls for independent inquiry into Lily Mine collapse
Three miners remain trapped, while geologists decided it’s too dangerous to continue rescue operations.
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Lily Mine: Geologists declare rescue mission ‘too dangerous’
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa says they'll have to monitor the situation over the next 48 hours.
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Experts, management strategise way forward at Lily Mine
A meeting between Amcu leaders, management & geologists is underway at Lily Mine.
