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4 February 2022 SUMMARY: The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) is commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Lily Mine Disaster this year. The Union bemoans the fact that tardy government reaction and endless litigation areprolonging the suffering of the workers and communities dependent on the operations, which remain in business rescue. AMCU makes a series of proposals on how thecontainer with the three (3) trapped mineworkers can be retrieved, and the mine can be reopened.

5 February 2022will mark six(6) years since the day on which the collapse of a mine shaft at the Lily Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga trapped a container with three (3) mineworkers underground. The three mineworkers, Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirendaremain underground since the incident, and their families and loved ones are still left without closure.

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