Mining Weekly reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has inoculated an initial 779 employees with the Covid-19 vaccine in line with the government’s roll-out strategy in SA.

Sibanye received 780 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on 24 June and inoculated the employees over a three-day period starting 25 June. This followed the group’s accreditation by the Department of Health on 23 June to administer Covid-19 vaccines at four medical facilities at its SA gold and platinum group metal operations. Sibanye has a workforce of some 82,000 people in SA and can optimally use the capacity at its medical centres to administer 18,000 vaccines a day. The producer can thus make a significant contribution to the national vaccine roll-out, not only to employees, but also to their families and doorstep communities if allocated sufficient vaccines. “We recognise the urgency of vaccinating our employees, their families and nearby communities to restrict and contain the threat of Covid-19 in South Africa, and it was extremely pleasing to see how the team pulled together on short notice, to successfully and efficiently administer this initial allocation of Covid-19 vaccines to our prioritised employees,” CEO Neal Froneman commented.

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