ActionSA has temporarily suspended its plan to independently retrieve the bodies of three mine workers trapped underground at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga, pending government intervention.
The workers died in 2016 when a container they were working in sank following an implosion at the mine .
ActionSA says it has engaged the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, to allow the government to take the lead in the recovery process.
The party has given the minister 60 days to act.
Party leader Herman Mashaba says they will resume their independent recovery efforts if the minister fails to follow through.