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Mining Weekly reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Harmony Gold have agreed upon 2 May as the return-to-work date following the lifting of SA’s Covid-19 lockdown.
According to NUM general secretary David Sipunzi, the agreement followed a meeting with the gold producer on Tuesday. While Harmony’s nine underground gold mines have been on temporary care and maintenance since 31 March, its surface retreatment operations and opencast mine have continued to function. Stringent measures at all operations had been formulated to ensure worker health and safety. “We expect all mining companies in South Africa to adhere to the strict health and safety measures in fighting the virus in their operations,” the NUM warned. Where strict measures were not in place, NUM members would apparently refuse to work. The union added: “We will not hesitate to name and shame mining companies that fail to adhere to the strict health and safety measures required to fight the virus. We also call on the mining companies to make available some of their clinics and hospitals to treat employees who are sick and infected.” NUM also indicated that Harmony would be paying workers their salaries for the entire lockdown period.
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