Lily Mine
latest news & developments
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
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
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
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
Lily Mine narrowly escapes liquidation
Plans to revive Lily Mine have finally been cleared
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
Lily Mine gets a second wind
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources has said it welcomes a report recommending the reopening of the mine
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
Push to liquidate ill-fated Lily Mine
There is a new bid to rescue the operation, but creditors have run out of patience
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.