Ekapa Mine Disaster: Mud Clearing Operation to Recover Bodies, Expects Mantashe

Ekapa mine disaster: Mud clearing operation to recover bodies, expects Mantashe

The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister said rescue teams are preparing to start removing mud at the mine as efforts intensify to recover the bodies of miners now believed to have died in a mudrush last week.

Work continues to find bodies of five Ekapa miners trapped underground

Rescue teams are continuing their efforts to find the five miners trapped underground at Ekapa Minerals’ mine in Kimberley, nearly a week after a mud rush incident. The men have been stuck underground since last Tuesday. Ongoing heavy rainfall in the city has – and will continue to – complicated and slowed down rescue operations. Provided an update National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) Kimberley organiser Lerato Mohatlane visite…

Ekapa mine disaster |Cameras show water levels underground subsiding

Ekapa mine disaster |Cameras show water levels underground subsiding Zandile.Khumalo Tue, 02/24/2026 - 20:14 KIMBERLY - It has been a week since five mine workers were trapped underground following a mudslide at the Ekapa Mine in Kimberley on 17 February.Search and rescue operations are continuing at the mine, with teams working around the clock to reach the workers underground.The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says the…

Deadly mud rush hits EKapa diamond mine in Kimberly as history threatens to repeat itself

Five mineworkers are presumed dead following a catastrophic mud rush at the Ekapa diamond mine in Kimberley, in what has become one of South Africa’s most serious mining accidents in recent years. The incident occurred on February 17 when a sudden inrush of mud and water flooded underground workings nearly 900 metres below the surface, trapping the workers and triggering an intensive rescue operation involving specialised mine rescue teams, engi…