A total of 23 mineworkers have died in mining-related incidents since the beginning of the year despite a significant slowdown in production due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
The fact that South Africa’s mines have some of the deepest shafts in the world poses a critical safety challenge for the sector. The number of deaths from accidents have been declining over the past few years. In 2019, mining operation fatalities recorded 51 deaths, down from 81 reported cases in 2018.
In an effort to lessen the impact of seismic activity on mines, government has set up a task team to study the frequency of earthquakes in different regions and develop monitoring equipment.
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