Industry body, the Minerals Council South Africa, says it takes issue with a narrative that appears to be developing in some quarters labelling the mining industry as an “epicentre” of Covid-19.
In a June 9 statement, it said this idea was often raised in newspaper reports or by government officials. It said these statements often lacked a proper understanding of the precautionary processes implemented by the industry which gave rise to the data on which these assumptions were based.
The council asserted that these assertions were not only inaccurate, but that they spread fear among mineworkers and the communities in which they reside or come from.