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Lowvelder remembers Lily Mine tragedy
The inquiry into the collapse of a shaft at the mine has been completed two years after the tragedy on Friday, February 5, 2016.
Mining Minister Mosebenzi Zwane announced on Monday morning that government’s inquiry into the Lily Mine collapse, which took place exactly two years ago, had been completed.
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Zwane was speaking at the opening of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town. He said a report would submitted to the department of mineral resources in the next few weeks.
They were in a container which collapsed into the mine.
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It remains trapped underground.
See Lowvelder’s coverage of the tragedy the past two years
- Timeline: Lily Mine disaster
- Explosive info on Lily emerges
- Lily Mine collapse has major impact on B’ton community
- Lily miners recount collapse
- Is human error behind the collapse at Lily Mine?
- Day 10 of Lily Mine disaster: Rescue halted pending safety audit
- Creditors want mines provisionally liquidated
- Minister shifts responsibility
- Premier has eyes on mine
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