Lawyers acting for Vantage Goldfields have consistently fought to delay the legal matters that are before the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which would finally bring closure to the families of the Lily Mine victims, Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyirende.
The matter, as it stands, is set to proceed in November 2022, however, Vantage contends that the date must be moved to February or March 2023.
Almost 7 years have lapsed since the collapse at the Lily Mine that entombed the Lily Mine Three and the families have been left bereft and without finality since February 2016.
The families have been camping outside the mine since 2019 in poor and unsafe living conditions in a desperate plea to bring attention to their cause to find closure and to retrieve their bodies of their loved ones. They have resorted to such means because of the slow and drawn-out manner in which all responsible parties have been tending to their plight.
The re-establishment of the ground operations at the mine would assist in the retrieval of the bodies of Ms Mnisi, Ms Nkambule and Mr Nyirende, through which a new decline access could be developed.
The continued exploits and Stalingrad tactics by the attorneys of Vantage Goldfields, aimed at creating endless delays, is causing further undue trauma and distress to the families, in that no attempt to retrieve the container can be made until these matters are finally resolved.
The non-availability of counsel is not a justifiable reason for postponement, especially where the senior counsel of Vantage was not involved in any of the hearings before the court of first instance.
ActionSA rejects this thinly-veiled attempt to further frustrate and delay proceedings in tis regard.
ActionSA calls upon the courts to make the right decision and allow the case to be heard this November, as justice delayed is justice denied for the victims.
ActionSA Rejects Request for Delay of Justice for the Families of the Lily Mine Victims
Lawyers acting for Vantage Goldfields have consistently fought to delay the legal matters that are before the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which would finally bring closure to the families of the Lily Mine victims, Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyirende.
The matter, as it stands, is set to proceed in November 2022, however, Vantage contends that the date must be moved to February or March 2023.
Almost 7 years have lapsed since the collapse at the Lily Mine that entombed the Lily Mine Three and the families have been left bereft and without finality since February 2016.
The families have been camping outside the mine since 2019 in poor and unsafe living conditions in a desperate plea to bring attention to their cause to find closure and to retrieve their bodies of their loved ones. They have resorted to such means because of the slow and drawn-out manner in which all responsible parties have been tending to their plight.
The re-establishment of the ground operations at the mine would assist in the retrieval of the bodies of Ms Mnisi, Ms Nkambule and Mr Nyirende, through which a new decline access could be developed.
The continued exploits and Stalingrad tactics by the attorneys of Vantage Goldfields, aimed at creating endless delays, is causing further undue trauma and distress to the families, in that no attempt to retrieve the container can be made until these matters are finally resolved.
The non-availability of counsel is not a justifiable reason for postponement, especially where the senior counsel of Vantage was not involved in any of the hearings before the court of first instance.
ActionSA rejects this thinly-veiled attempt to further frustrate and delay proceedings in tis regard.
ActionSA calls upon the courts to make the right decision and allow the case to be heard this November, as justice delayed is justice denied for the victims.