#LilyMineSaga:Two years since the tragedy
Today marks two years since a shaft at the Lily Mine’s operations in Barberton collapsed, leaving more than 100 mineworkers injured and three miners trapped underground.
The bodies of the three trapped mineworkers of the Lily Mine disaster have still not been retrieved two years later.
Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda disappeared when a lamp room container they were in fell into a sinkhole.
The fateful disaster that left families of the trapped miners in anguish raised various questions as to whether ancestral spirits were responsible for the incident. However, Richard Spoor of Richard Spoor Incorporation said it was very clear that a rock collapse caused the mine to cave in during an inquiry held in March last year.
Some took to social media remembering the trapped miners.
Here are some of the tweets:
https://twitter.com/BulieeM/status/960365159008129024
#LilyMine tragedy…two years on. Never forget!
Pretty Nkambule
Solomon Nyarenda
Yvonne Mnisi#MiningIndaba2018 #CountryDuty pic.twitter.com/moMKTrz2x2— Sphelele (@SpheDludla) February 5, 2018
#LilyMine#CountryDuty #WerememberLilyMine
2 years on & the families are yet to find closure!
😭😭😭
— Tumi Sole (@tumisole) February 5, 2018
Two YEARS later the families of the #LilyMine tragedy victims do not have closure! Pretty Nkambule
Solomon Nyarenda
Yvonne Mnisi
The show goes on for everyone else because the Rand is “gaining” against major currencies. #LilyGoldMine— African (@ali_naka) February 5, 2018
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union will host a remembrance day outside the mine in Barberton today.
