Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe and his department are not moving to nail those responsible for the Lily Mine accident that claimed three lives three years ago
and his department are not moving to nail those responsible for theThis, despite the department saying it compiled a report, which it handed over to the National Prosecuting Authority .Mantashe did not ensure that his department opened a police docket against those the report had fingered for prosecution.
The first one, which was handed over to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and other stakeholders in August, made no mention of punitive action and was widely blamed for being soft on the mine’s then owners, Vantage Goldfields SA. Monica Nyuswa, the NPA’s spokesperson in Mpumalanga, said the mineral resources department had based its recommendations for prosecution on the contravention of the Mine Health and Safety Act.
“The NPA is aware that the families of the affected parties need closure, and we will endeavour to see to it that the investigations are expedited,” she said.National Union of Mineworkers president Joe Montisetse said the union had not received a copy of the mineral resources department’s report. They were working in a lamp office that was swallowed by landfill and plunged underground. Their bodies have yet to be retrieved.
In the report, it is also stated that there had been 10 pillar collapses of falls of the ground that occurred before the February 2016 accident, which the mine’s management did not report to the mineral resources department’s principal inspector of mines.
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