{"id":296829,"date":"2026-02-17T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/?p=296829"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:11:28","slug":"vyf-vermis-na-modderstorting-by-kimberley-myn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/vyf-vermis-na-modderstorting-by-kimberley-myn\/","title":{"rendered":"Grootskaalse soek-en-reddingspoging na vyf vermistes by Du Toitspan-myn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2019n Grootskaalse soek-en-reddingspoging is tans aan die gang by die Du Toitspan-myn van Ekapa Minerals in Kimberley nadat \u2019n ernstige modderstorting en gepaardgaande vloed vyf werknemers ondergronds vasgekeer het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intussen het \u0149 verteenwoordiger van Mines Rescue bevestig dat hulle reeds ingeroep en op die toneel is om die mynmaatskappy by te staan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luidens \u0149 verklaring van Ekapa het die voorval in die vroe\u00eb oggendure van Dinsdag 17 Februarie, omstreeks 00:56, plaasgevind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ekapa Minerals s\u00ea die storting het op die 890 meter-vlak plaasgevind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vyf kontrakteurs word vermis. Noodprotokolle is onmiddellik geaktiveer en verskeie spesialis-spanne is ontplooi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDie reddingspogings  behels dat gespesialiseerde spanne van naburige myne onderweg is om met die soektog te help. Groot volumes water word uitgepomp. Daar word aktief in die rigting van moontlike skuilplekke geboor waar die werknemers hulself dalk kan bevind. Modder en puin word verwyder om toegang tot die geaffekteerde area te kry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ekapa Minerals het die departement van minerale bronne en petroleum (DMPR) formeel in kennis gestel. Die myn werk ten volle met owerhede saam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die families van die betrokke werknemers is reeds ingelig. Die maatskappy versoek dat die privaatheid van die families gerespekteer word \u201ctydens hierdie moeilike tyd en het onderneem om ondersteuningsmaatre\u00ebls beskikbaar te stel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoewel die situasie kritiek is, \u201cweier die myn om te bespiegel oor die presiese oorsaak van die modderstorting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hulle fokus uitsluitlik op die veiligheid en suksesvolle redding van die vermiste kontrakteurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdere nuus sal verskaf word sodra geverifieerde inligting beskikbaar is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gespesialiseerde dienste ontbied<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mines Rescue Services <\/a>(MRS) is \u2019n gespesialiseerde, nie-winsgewende organisasie in die privaatsektor wat noodreaksie-, brandbestrydings- en reddingsdienste aan die Suid-Afrikaanse mynbedryf lewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luidens hul webwerf is hulle is veral bekend vir hul elite-spanne wat algemeen as “proto-spanne” bekendstaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reddingsoperasies word uitgevoer deur vrywilligers, wat streng fisiese en sielkundige opleiding ondergaan het. Hulle werk vanuit Carletonville, Evander, Steelpoort en Welkom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omdat Suid-Afrika van die diepste myne ter w\u00eareld het, word MRS w\u00eareldwyd erken vir hul kundigheid in ho\u00ebdruk-, ho\u00ebhitte- en ultradiep reddingsoperasies (tot 3 000 meter diep).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hul gespesialiseerde toerusting sluit \u0149 unieke mobiele reddingshyser in wat dieptes van 3 000 meter kan bereik. Hulle gebruik ook gevorderde kameras met stemvermo\u00ebns om met vasgekeerde mynwerkers te kommunikeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mannas Fourie, die uitvoerende hoof, was ook betrokke by die redding van honderde vasgekeerde mynwerkers in Stilfontein of om oorskot uit die myn te haal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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