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'Kumba is part of an ecosystem, and we have adopted a holistic approach in our response that ensures healthy, safe employees and safe communities. Collaborating with the Premier and relevant provincial departments will ensure prevention, treatment and recovery, with increased access to healthcare services that are crucial in the fight against the pandemic,' said
Kumba's community initiatives are part of our Community Response Plan (CRP), called WeCare, to ensure the health and wellbeing of our employees and host communities. These initiatives include the provision of water to some informal settlements around our mines and relief food parcels. In addition, increasing access to healthcare through making the UGM Wellness clinic in Kathu available for screening and testing for employees and the surrounding communities; increasing screening, testing, bed capacity and overflow tent structures at
Critical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as surgical masks, gloves, disposable gowns, thermometers, screening have been distributed to the Kuruman and Postmasburg Hospitals. Kumba acquired the first Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing machine which, can be used remotely to test and release results in 24 hours without going to a laboratory. We plan to set up these laboratories to support this PCR machine. The company anticipates acquiring rapid test kits by the end of April which will enable testing with a much quicker turnaround time. Kumba also donated eight Infrared Thermo Scanners to Tsantsabane and John Taolo Gaetsewe Municipalities to assist the Health Care and South African Police Service with testing thus enabling quick mass screening. Kumba is now working with the department of health to train volunteers as tracers and screeners as part of the mass screening programme.
The company ordered medical equipment including ventilators, respirators, blood gas masks, hospital beds to prepare hospitals in the province for ICU and High Care patients. The company will also avail emergency services and mental health care services to communities through
Kumba is part of the
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Email: penny.himlok@angloamerican.com
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