Mines in Springs, Gauteng, and Orkney, North West were stripped.
Aurora’s liquidators have gone to court to hold the company’s directors responsible.
Nelson Mandela’s grandson Zondwa Mandela and president Jacob Zuma’s nephew Khulubuse Zuma are among the company’s owners the liquidators want held responsible for the fraudulent running of Aurora.
Aurora was liquidated in October 2011. Its directors were accused of destroying the infrastructure at the mines and causing the loss of more than 5300 jobs.
Aurora was appointed to take over the management of two of Pamodzi Gold’s mines in Gauteng and the North West after that company was liquidated in 2009.
Earlier this month, an urgent application by Zuma to have claims of over R1.5 billion against Aurora set aside was dismissed by the high court.
On Monday Aurora workers gathered outside the court. They sang, danced and waved placards reading “Where is our money?” and “Aurora directors must account”.