The district municipality said yesterday it was concerned about the rapid increase of Covid-19 in the mines. Executive mayor Keamotseng Stanley Ramaila said the more mineworkers contract the virus, the more the community’s lives were threatened.“All of these mines are situated at the Eastern Limb, a known congested area, flanked by the mining community in the region in the Burgersfort and Steelpoort area of the region.
“We have since dispatched a team of healthcare workers to all the affected mines to investigate the root cause of the infections. “Progress reports were also received from sector departments, pertaining to Covid-19 awareness and monitoring campaigns.