The South African mining industry has managed to bring more employees who hail from other countries back into the country to resume work at various operations.
The South African mining industry employs about 442 478 people, with 74% of employees back at work. About 7 090 employees have returned to South Africa from neighbouring countries, with 1 371 having returned from Mozambique, 5 229 from Lesotho, 468 from eSwatini and 22 from Botswana.
Employees who have yet to return to South Africa include 1 701 from Mozambique, 2 502 from Lesotho, 153 from eSwatini and 27 from Botswana. Once back in South Africa, Minerals Council environment, health and legacies senior executive Nikisi Lesufi says, the miners are transported to mine health infrastructure for testing and screening.
He adds that systems and procedures to assist the remaining number of mine employees from foreign countries to return to South Africa continue to improve, with previous border bottlenecks being eased. “Miners have arrived early at border posts and the quality of documentation they have has also improved significantly.”
Further, Lesufi says additional resources have been provided to the organisation assisting it with employee-related services, Teba, to improve and attend to all data requirements needed by immigration authorities.
Meanwhile, the domestic mining industry continues to maintain its increased Covid-19 testing rate, which currently stands at 9.92% of the overall population and accounts for 43 897 people being tested, uncovering a total of 12 617 positive cases. There are, as of August 20, 901 active positive cases and 140 deaths, while 11 576 mine-employed people having recovered. This compares with South Africa’s national average testing rate of 5.82% and a global average testing rate of 5.14% of a country’s population. In terms of cases and deaths regionally and by commodity, the North West province has the most cases, at 5 168, while it also has experienced the most deaths, at 49.
Mpumalanga is second, with 2 472 cases, followed by Limpopo with 1 626 cases, Gauteng with 1 493 cases, Free State with 1 151 cases, Northern Cape with 585 cases, KwaZulu-Natal with 112 cases and Western Cape with nine cases. In terms of the commodity most impacted, Minerals Council health head Thuthula Balfour points to platinum, followed by gold.
She says that, in fatal cases where comorbidities are known, 85.9% of these cases had one or more comorbidity.’
Source: Mining Weekly
南非采矿业设法将更多来自其他国家的雇员被允许回南非,以恢复其各种业务的工作进程。
南非采矿业拥有约442 478名员工,其中74%的员工已经重返工作岗位。 约有7 090名员工从邻国返回南非,其中1 371名来自莫桑比克,5 229名来自莱索托,468名来自斯瓦蒂尼,22名来自博茨瓦纳。
尚未返回南非的员工包括莫桑比克的1 701名,莱索托的2 502名,斯瓦蒂尼的153名和博茨瓦纳的27名。 矿产委员会的环境,健康和传统事务高级主管尼基西·勒苏菲(Nikisi Lesufi)表示,一旦回到南非,矿工就被直接送到矿山的卫生基础设施进行测试,筛查和隔离。
他补充说,协助其他的外国矿业雇员返回南非的系统和程序在不断改善,以前的边境瓶颈也得到了缓解。 “矿工们很早就到达南非边境,他们的文件质量也大大提高了。”
此外,勒苏菲说,已经为该组织提 供了额外的资源,以协助其提供与员工相关的服务Teba,以改善并满足移民当局所需的所有数据要求。
同时,国内采矿业继续保持提高对于Covid-19疫情的检测率,该检测率目前占总人口的9.92%,从被检测的43897人,总共发现了12617例阳性病例。 截至8月20日,有901例持续阳性的病例和140例死亡,而11 576名矿业就业人员已经康复。 相比之下,南非的全国平均测试率为5.82%,而全球平均测试率为一个国家人口的5.14%。 就地区分类的感染和死亡人数而言,西北省的感染案件最多,为5 168例,而死亡人数也最多,为49例。
紧随其后的是姆普马兰加省,为2 472例,其次是林波波省1 626例,豪登省1 493例,自由邦州1 151例,北开普省585例,夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省112例,西开普省9例。 关于受影响最大的商品,矿产委员会卫生负责人Thuthula Balfour指出是铂金,其次是黄金。
她说,在已知合并症的致命病例中,这些病例中有85.9%患有一种或多种合并症。
资料来源:《采矿周刊》
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