Amcu apprehensive about future for Lily Mine staff
The union fears for the sustainability of the mine which has been positioned underneath enterprise rescue.
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JOHANNESBURG – Affiliation of Mineworkers and Development Union (Amcu) says staff on the Lily Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, haven’t but been paid this month, as a result of enterprise rescue practitioners have moved their pay day.
The mine was positioned beneath enterprise rescue after suspending operations in February due to an enormous collapse that trapped three staff, Fairly Nkambule, Solomon Nyerende and Yvonne Mnisi, in a container underground. Their our bodies haven’t but been retrieved.
Amcu says the mine’s staff can be paid on Friday however the union is worried about the way forward for its members and the sustainability of the mine.
Spokesperson Manzini Zungu stated, “Lest we overlook that we nonetheless have three staff caught underground and that’s an enormous concern for the households, members and staff at giant.”
GOVT TO TRY NEW WAY OF BRINGING CONTAINER TO THE SURFACE
Mineral Assets Minister Mosebenzi Zwane stated final week that authorities was going to attempt a brand new means of bringing to the floor the container.
Zwane stated groups would now attempt one other path to retrieve the container.
“We’ve since agreed on one other new strategy, an strategy which is known as a decline the place you’re eradicating soil till you get to the container. That’s what we’re doing and we’ve been knowledgeable that it’ll not take lower than six months.”
Earlier this month, Amcu chief Joseph Mathunjwa stated regardless of a number of makes an attempt to retrieve the container from the mine, authorities had nonetheless not taken any motion.
He added that there have been guarantees to get the container out inside six months.
(Edited by Refilwe Pitjeng)