Vantage Goldfields News Today

DMRE gives green light for Vantage Goldfields to recommence operations at the Lily and Barbrook gold mines...

ActionSA President Herman Mashaba has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa and the government of lying to the families of the miners involved in the Lily mine tragedy.

News today: Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been sworn-in as a Member of the National Assembly representing the Economic Freedom Fighters.

Saps and DMRE also called out for failing to curb a highly organised illegal mining operation contributing to Lily mine pillar collapse.

The inquest into the tragedy found illegal mining inside the crown pillar at the Vantage-owned mine hollowed out and weakened the structure, leading to its collapse and subsequent deaths of three of its employees.

Families of workers whose shipping container fell down a sinkhole during the Lily Mine collapse in Barberton, Mpumalanga, are

The crown pillar between the roof of the third and fourth levels collapsed at the Louisville mine in 2016, swallowing a container housing the lamp room with three staff members inside.

A collapse at the Lily Mine near Barberton in February 2016, left three employees trapped in a container some 60 metres underground.

An inquest found Mpumalanga mineworkers Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda probably died on the day the ground collapsed under a container.

The rescue process has been mired for four years in mostly technical court challenges.