COVID-19 hits North West mining industry hard

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One of the areas hardest hit is the Bojanala District, which requires more beds for the sick.The field hospital is 95 percent complete and will have a capacity of 200 beds.The price tag for the hospital, which has taken six weeks to build, is R6-million and counting. It's expected to open its doors soon.

"The function of this facility will be for COVID-19 positive people and the employees of the company, as well as community members," said Philip Coetzer, head of safety, health environment at Royal Bafokeng Platinum.

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There’s minimal intervention, I mean they are serious hotspots which could have been handled with very strict regulations given that health and safety has always been a huge risk in this industry. But because the owners are your gov leaders and solidarity fund donors dololo 😢

Love them or loathe them. The mining industry is always constructive in the face of an immediate crisis. Whatever their concerns endless whinning is neither in their nature nor vocabulary

It’s the masses that are suffering the most because of the poor decisions of the leadership

How hard

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