NUMSA calls for arrest of eKapa mine CEO

KIMBERKY - The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is pushing for the arrest of the eKapa Mine CEO.

This comes as the bodies of five mineworkers were retrieved after being trapped after a mudslide, sparking a tense rescue operation that lasted over a month.

At the same time, the union is heading to court to stop the liquidation of the mine.

READ | All five bodies of trapped eKapa miners retrieved

It states that the CEO must also be held criminally liable for failing to pay more than 1,200 workers. 

The identities of bodies recovered at the mine will be identified using DNA.

Only then will officials release the names.

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