Makhura was speaking at Sibanye Gold Mine in Carletonville on Thursday after meeting with officials and union representatives from mining houses around the West Rand.
The Gauteng government has classified the West Rand District Municipality a Covid-19 hotspot, Premier David Makhura has said.
The provincial command council decided to visit the area after concerns were raised following reports that 196 Anglo Gold Ashanti Mponeng workers had tested positive for the virus. On Sunday, Fin24 reported 164 mineworkers had tested positive. Makhura said the provincial government had been working with Anglo Gold to ensure there were follow-ups on all traced contacts, adding some of them were within the communities around the mine.
“We don’t just trace the contacts for its own sake, we also do so in order to quarantine those at least for 14 days until we have observed all of them and assured that if they are not positive they are also released,” Makhura said.Anglo Gold has since closed operations after testing 650 workers, of which 196 were positive.
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