Abednego Magongo, Harry Mazibuko, Ndumiso Mbandze and Master Mthethwa in the men’s quarters. NATIONAL NEWS - There is a glimmer of hope for ex-Lily and Barbrook mine employees, according to Vantage Goldfields CEO, Mike McChesney. This is nearly four years since the tragedy in which four miners’ bodies were entombed after a shaft collapsed on February 5, 2016. Since then, the mine closed and was placed under business rescue as rescue operations were abandoned. A drawn-out court case between potential buyers and Arqomanzi Proprietary Limited continued. Abednego Magongo, Harry Mazibuko, Ndumiso Mbandze and Master Mthethwa in the men’s quarters. The former employees, led by Harry Mazibuko, camped outside the mine for more than 500 days to draw attention to the plight of the families of Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyirenda and Yvonne Mnisi, who are believed to have perished in the container that plunged more than 70 metres underground.