Steel railway tracks falling down its Thembelani platinum mine shaft trap 1,800 workers
A mine worker is shown underground at Sibanye-Stillwater's Beatrix Mine in Virginia in the Free State in this 2005 file photo. Picture: SOWETAN/ANTONIO MUCHAVE
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union said 4,000 people were trapped underground at Sibanye’s Thembelani shaft near Rustenburg, but the company said the number was less than half that. An investigation is underway to inspect the shaft for damage and to remove at least two of the railways that had become jammed in the shaft.
If the wait proves too long, employees will be asked to walk to a second shaft about 2km or 3km away and be hoisted to the surface from there, but management prefers to keep everyone safely in one place for now, he said.
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