Kaya 959 Point of View with Phemelo Motene

We’ll retrieve the bodies of deceased Lily miners – Mashaba

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ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has offered to retrieve the bodies of the three deceased Vantage Goldfields Lily mine employees who were trapped and died when a central pillar collapsed into a sinkhole nearly 9 years ago. Solomon Nyirenda, Yvonne Mnisi and Pretty Winnie Nkambule were in an above-ground container that was being used as a lamp room on February 5 2016 when the mine collapsed and they were buried 70m underground under 20,000 tonnes of earth. Their bodies have still not been retrieved. Phemelo speaks to Mashaba about his plans to retrieve the bodie
18 Nov 2024 3PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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