BREAKING NEWS – Six injured mineworkers recover in hospital

Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) chairperson Patrice Motsepe and Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (Ledet) MEC Seaparo Sekoati yesterday (Thursday) visited six mineworkers at Netcare Pholoso Hospital in the city where they are being treated for injuries sustained when the bus they were travelling was set alight by a petrol bomb thrown into the vehicle at Driekop outside Burgersfort on Monday evening.
The entourage visited the patients after meeting with Modikwa Platinum mine management, the Burgersfort community and victims who were discharged from hospital. Reportedly one of the six victims is in stable condition and being treated in a high care ward while the other five are recovering well in ordinary wards.

ARM Safety Health Environment and Quality leader, Amukelani Modau emphasised that the visit was to give the victims and the mine support and comfort. She said the mine together with the Police have put safety measures in place to avoid the same incident to happen again. Although Modau did not want to reveal the budget set aside to support affected employees and families of the six who burnt beyond recognition, she stated that the victims get financial support from both the mine and Government. Read full story in next week’s edition.

Story & photos: ENDY SENYATSI
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