Abasolwa abayizisebenzi zeVubachikwe Mine abangamatshumi amabili lanye - 21 bazalala entolongweni namuhla ukuze udaba lwabo lokucela isibambiso sebail luqhubekele phambili kusasa.
Izimbamgodi lezi zimiswe emthethwandaba eGwanda zisetheswa icala lokwenza udlakela oluqhamuke ngoLwesibili emgodini lo lapho okubhikitshe amakhosikazi abo.
Umtshutshisi uFaith Mtugwa utshele umantshi uNkosikazi Charity Maphosa ukuthi abasolwa laba batholakale belempahla ezatshontshwa ezitolo ngesikhathi sokuqhamuke udlakela. UMnu. Mehluli Dube loNkosikazi Prisca Dube abeZimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights ngabameli babasolwa laba. Sixoxe loMnu. Mehluli Dube.
: UMnu. Wilbert Ndiweni, ongunobhala jikelele weCoalition for Citizens Advocates eyinhlanganiso elwela amalungelo oluntu, laye uchothoze ukubotshwa kwezisebenzi lezi esithi sezilenyanga ezintathu zingatholi iholo lazo.
NgoLwesibili emadabukakusa amakhosikazi ezimbamgodi zeVubachikwe Mine avimbe isango lalumgodi ekhonona ngokungaholiswa kwabomkabo okwenyanga ezintathu. Kuthe ilanga litshona amapholisa axwayisa lamakhosikazi ukuthi achitheke kodwa bala. Lokhu kwadala ukuthi bajike intuthu ehitshayo kwasekuqhamuka udlakela.
Obona ngobudlelwano lozulu eVubachikwe Mine, uMnu. Robert Chigwe, uthi okwamanje umsebenzi usamile kulumgodi ngoba eyinye impahla abayisebenzisayo itshaphazwe ngesikhathi kuqhamuka udlakela. Uthi bazimisele ukuxoxisana lezisebenzi ngokuthula njalo bakhangelele ukuqala umsebenzi kunsukwana ezilandelayo.