Ongoti kwezezimayini bafuna uhulumeni anikeze abavukuzi abazimele izimvume ukuze bavukuze ngokusemthethweni. Lokhu ngemuva kokuboshwa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka500 ngenxa yokuvukuza ngokunge mthetho eBarbarton esifundazweni iMpumalanga. Abangu-24 kulaba bavele namhlanje ngaphambi kwenkantolo yemantshi kuleli dolobha ngamacala okweba, ukungena endaweni yomuntu ngaphandle kwemvume nokuvukuza ngokungemthetho. 

Sixoxisane nongungoti kwezezimayini, uKgothatso Nhlengethwa kanye nomengameli we nyunyana yabasebenzi basezimayini -  the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) - umnumzane Joseph Mathunjwa.