Sink hole at lily mine
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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Lily Mine: ‘We will never forget Pretty Nkambule’
Nkambule’s partner Christopher Nkambule says on Sunday is a particularly sad day for the family as her soul is not at peace.
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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: Operations won’t resume where miners remain trapped
Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi & Solomon Nyerende have been trapped underground since February.
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NUM disturbed that operations at Lily Mine resume in June
The mine confirmed today that work will begin after major investment by a Canadian company.
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Operations at the Lily Mine to resume next month
Working came to halt at the mine in Mpumalanga in February after a shaft caved in.
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Lily Mine workers, management reach retrenchment agreement
The mine is currently under business rescue and was only able to have its business plan approved.
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NUM calls on Lily Mine management to resume rescue operations
Three employees are still missing after the container they were working in plunged into a massive sinkhole.
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Teaching disrupted as Lily Mine workers protest
Workers have blocked roads and have shut down classrooms in Mpumalanga as well.
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Lily Mine: Govt to try new way of bringing container to the surface
Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyerende & Yvonne Mnisi were in the container when the ground caved in.
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Business Rescue will ‘hopefully’ ensure sustainability of Lily Mine
The mine has applied for business rescue as a last resort after suspending operations in early February.
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Cosatu: Lily Mine tragedy points to bigger problem
The trade union federation says the Lily Mine tragedy points to an un-transformed mining sector.
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Cosatu suspects Lily Mine of hiding crucial information
Cosatu says it will ensure those responsible for the Lily Mine tragedy are held to account.
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Relatives leave the scene of Lily Mine tragedy, dept vows to support them
Minister Mosebenzi Zwane assured families they’ll continue to support them through the ordeal.
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Lily Mine: Dept to investigate collapse after recovery mission
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane says their aim now is to get to the container.
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‘It will take up to 6 months to reach trapped Lily Mine miners’
Experts have advised of a new point of entry to reach the trapped container with three workers in it.
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#LilyMine recovery operation: Management waiting for go-ahead from experts
Drilling of an emergency escape route was completed and declared safe.
