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Ekapa Mine in Kimberley in the Northern Cape.
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul has announced that the provincial government will step in to assist the affected families of the five men who are still underground Ekapa Minerals with funds to help them buy essentials, whilst waiting for their loved ones to be recovered.
Northern Cape premier, Dr Zamani Saul has described the provisional liquidation of Ekapa Minerals as a disaster on top of a disaster. Saul was speaking at a Prayer session for the five mines still trapped at Ekapa Mineral Joint mine in Kimberley.
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“We agreed to give R10,000 the families of the five five men still trapped underground to help them buy groceries. For the families of the 1100 miners that lost their jobs following the liquidation, we will give them R3,000 food vouchers.”
It has been two weeks since the mud rush that trapped five miners at Ekapa Minerals Joint shaft in Kimberley.
Efforts to retrieve the bodies of miners who are believed to be deceased continue.
Families of the trapped miners are still hopeful that their loved ones will be found.
Ekapa Minerals announced its liquidation process just over a week after the mud rush, leaving 1,200 people without work.
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul announced that the provincial government will step in to assist the affected families.
