The rescue mission to find three trapped workers in a metal container about 80 metres underground was suspended on Saturday after another collapse and the continuous caving in of the ground.
Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyerende were trapped when a pillar collapsed 11 days ago, resulting in 20,000 tonnes of soil falling into a pit at the entrance of the mine.
The pillar weighs several tonnes and when it failed and broke into several pieces, it placed structural stability of the top four levels at risk of collapsing further.
