PICS: Lily Mine rescue efforts continue
Rescue efforts to free three miners trapped underground at the Lily Mine since last Friday have failed to yield results. Scenes from a video provided by Vantage Gold Mine shows the extent of the damage...
View ArticleLily Mine: new collapse halts rescue op
Rescue operations have been temporarily halted at Vantage Goldfields Lily Mine after another section caved-in the early hours of Saturday morning.
View ArticleDeclare Lily Mine a national disaster: Amcu
The collapsed Barberton mine should be declared a a national disaster, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union said.
View ArticleLily rescue teams ‘work tirelessly’
Chamber of Mines hails search teams and volunteer rescuers involved in efforts to reach three trapped miners in Barberton.
View ArticleCall for ‘extraordinary’ Lily Mine rescue effort
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has called for “extraordinary measures” to be taken to ensure that the three mineworkers trapped at Lily Mine were rescued.
View ArticleMinisters in talks with Lily Mine families
Three government ministers visited the Lily Mine in Barberton where three miners had been trapped for 10 days.
View ArticleLily Mine advised not to send rescuers down
Geological experts have advised Vantage Goldfields not to send people underground to attempt to rescue three trapped Lily Mine workers.
View ArticleState not funding Lily Mine rescue
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane says government is not funding a rescue operation for three miners trapped at Lily Mine.
View Article‘We want Lily miners dead or alive’
Vantage Goldfields has assured parliamentary officials that it would spare no effort in ensuring that its three trapped workers were rescued.
View ArticleLily Mine refutes employee suicide reports
The Lily Mine in Mpumalanga where three mine workers remain trapped, has refuted media reports that its safety officer had committed suicide.
View ArticleCop and 3 suspects killed in shoot-out
A police constable and three suspected robbers were killed in an early morning shoot-out on the highway between Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
View ArticleKNP ranger wounded in shoot-out
A field ranger at the Kruger National Park was wounded after a shoot-out between him and three suspected poachers.
View ArticleHeroin worth R55m found in fuel tank
A 50-year-old Mozambican man was arrested in Mpumalanga after heroin worth more than R55m was found stashed in his vehicle’s petrol tank.
View ArticleTwo children die in Witbank horror crash
A 13-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl were killed in a collision between a light motor vehicle and a bakkie.
View ArticleFlooding shuts some KNP roads
The southern part of the Kruger National Park has become flooded after heavy rains in the area, prompting authorities to close some roads.
View ArticleRain at last for drought-stricken Kruger
Staff and guests at the Kruger National Park woke up to the welcome sound of rain yesterday for the first time this year.
View ArticleRecovering trapped Lily Mine trio could take months
Efforts to recover three mineworkers trapped underground at a Mpumalanga mine for more than a month could take as long as six months.
View ArticleOfficial bust for selling learners’ licences
A traffic licencing officer has been arrested in Belfast in Mpumalanga for allegedly selling learner licenses to foreign nationals.
View ArticleBuses collide, driver killed
A bus driver was killed and 30 others were injured after two buses collided on the R669 in Mpumalanga, ER24 reported.
View ArticleOne killed, 4 hurt in Secunda crash
One man died and four others injured following a two-car collision on the Emba Road in Secunda, said ER24.
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