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BARBERTON

In the black void of missing bodies

We cannot allow the mathematics of racial capital stop us from bearing ethical witness to the death of the marginalised majority

  • Hugo ka Canham
8 min read
Missing: The husband of Pretty Nkambule, Christopher Mazibuko, and his children at their home in Barberton in 2016. The bodies of Nkambule and two other mineworkers still have to be recovered from Lily Mine. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images/Beeld)
BARBERTON

Lily Mine families turn to Parliament

A four-year wait to retrieve three bodies trapped in a container underground could be over if a buyer for the mine is found

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Families of those lost in the Lily Mine collapse want the search for their loved ones to restart. (Felix Dlangamandla)
LILY MINE

Four years on, Lily Mine families want recovery of the bodies of three missing workers to restart

The ground swallowed 90 people, but three died in the tragedy and their bodies were not found

  • Trevor Hlungwani
3 min read
Should you believe the hype about the “foreign threat” to healthcare? (GCIS)
IDC

New Lily Mine owners set to resume operations after three year hiatus

Siyakhula Sonke Empowerment Corporation received R190-million in funding from the IDC to finance the takeover

  • Sibongile Khumalo
2 min read
Operations at Lily Mine and Barbrook, near Barberton in Mpumalanga, came to a halt after a pillar collapsed underground three years ago. (Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo)
GWEDE MANTASHE

Lily Mine narrowly escapes liquidation

Plans to revive Lily Mine have finally been cleared

  • Govan Whittles
2 min read
Billionaire Jack Ma at the African Ranger Awards (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
IDC

Lily Mine’s revival may be derailed if claims of negligence are proven

The situation at Lily Mine is ‘out of control’, Dwaine Koch said in a lawyer’s letter to Vantage Goldfields’s business rescue practitioner

  • Govan Whittles
4 min read
“With 200 000 abortions a year in South Africa — and many of these are repeat abortions; not a second
LILY MINE

Lily Mine gets a second wind

​The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources has said it welcomes a report recommending the reopening of the mine

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
Should you believe the hype about the “foreign threat” to healthcare? (GCIS)
BARBERTON

D-Day looms for Lily and Barbrook mines

The mines face provisional liquidation and 900 jobs will be lost – unless the IDC grants a loan

  • Govan Whittles
5 min read
Mark Carney’s Financial Stability Board wants banks to hold more capital to cushion themselves in a crisis.
GODFREY OLIPHANT

Push to liquidate ill-fated Lily Mine

There is a new bid to rescue the operation, but creditors have run out of patience

  • Govan Whittles
5 min read
“With 200 000 abortions a year in South Africa — and many of these are repeat abortions; not a second
LILY MINE

Lily Mine’s workers eat into their savings while bids to secure a rescue deal go on

Many have taken severance packages so that they can access their provident funds and claim UIF.

  • Govan Whittles
4 min read