14:22
Marketing manager of Spar Lowveld, Mr Roland Hill, is currently in contact with the management of Lily Mine to determine what the exact need is with regards to food and drinks for the rescue workers. Various businesses and individuals from the local community have also stepped up to the plate and brought some much needed replenishment for the over-worked rescue personnel.
08:44
At 8:15 this morning it was exactly a week since the collapse at Lily Mine last Friday. A visibly exhausted Mike Begg briefed the media again this morning and explained that the past two days brought with it some extreme challenges in the form of “hangups in the crosscut.” These hangups refer to gigantic rocks that are suspended from above layers, and pose enormous risks to the fatigued mine workers that are excavating below them.
For the video briefings visit Barberton Times
11 Feb
14:12
CEO of Vantage Goldfields Limited, Michael McChesney, and Mr Mike Begg, operations director at Lily Mine, briefed the media this afternoon regarding the current status of the rescue operation.
09:18
The Methodist church from Matsulu just arrive to pray and sing. They look beautiful in their red and white attire. Their voices is something mere words can not describe. The desperation in their voices, the power of their prayer cuts through all language barriers to the deepest hiding place in one’s soul. There is no other word for it.
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10 Feb 10:30
Amcu leader Mr Joseph Mathunjwa, who has been underground with the rescue team since 16:00, briefed the media. Also, in order to hear them, work need to be halted and right now their focus is on getting as much done as possible. He says he is certain the miners are still alive.
06:00
It has been almost 120 hours since the traumatic news of the three trapped workers of Lily Mine broke. Today is the sixth day that the lamp room workers Mr Solomon Nyarenda, Ms Pretty Mabuza and Ms Yvonne Mnisi have been trapped inside a container nearly 90 metres below ground level.
Despite last night’s high hopes and reports that there were only 12 metres of debris between the rescue workers and the miners, the rescue mission is hampered by more challenges the further go.
09 Feb 19:00
LOW’S CREEK – Emotions are flaring up outside the Lily Mine where three miners’ are still trapped under tons of fallen rock.
It is now a race against time as Mr Solomon Nyarenda, Ms Pretty Mabuza and Ms Yvonne Mnisi, who were inside the so-called lamp room when disaster struck on Friday morning, are believed to be without water.
More about the incident here: Lily Mine: search for trapped workers continue
Barberton Times first broke the story on Friday morning. Read the initial report here.
