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More than four years ago, three miners, Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda, were trapped underground after an earthquake.
Herman Mashaba. Image: Kayleen Morgan / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – The chairman of the recently launched Action SA political party, Herman Mashaba, said Wednesday that they were in the process of implementing a legal strategy that would force the government to take back the Lily Mine container.
More than four years ago, three miners, Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda, were trapped underground after an earthquake.
The mining company and the government have claimed that it was too dangerous to retrieve the container to this day. However, Mashaba said that his party would get rights for his recovery.
Mashaba said he was confident that Action SA will appear in court in the first half of next year to force the Department of Minerals and Energy to act on the matter.
He accused the government of lying about the true fate of the container, saying they had obtained the documents the department relied on when the container was deemed irrecoverable.
However, in a briefing on Wednesday, Mashaba told reporters that there was no evidence in the report to support his findings that the container was unrecoverable.
“What this means is that the cost of recovering the container, which has been ringed, has been based on propaganda to support the case that recovering the container is impossible,” Mashaba said.
The former mayor of Joburg said he had also written to the national director of the Public Ministry, defender Shamila Batohi, to inform her of the progress in the criminal process.
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