Working together, we can beat this! ISSUE 33 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Page 3 If we stand together, we can all help to slow down COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, which is spreading all around the world. Play your part by washing your hands regularly and obeying the lockdown rules that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in response to this pandemic. We’re in this together Page 2 Tjovitjo – rewarding innovation and commitment Page 7 Find out more about COVID-19 in this newspaper! 2 OPINION ISSUE 33 RUSTENBURG TIMES Show respect and compassion. Let your ability to be a better COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus Don’t panic! Panicking person influence others. can lead to losing control. similar to the ones that cause We must monitor the I work with the elderly. It’s a great the common cold or the flu. situation and ensure that we responsibility, as they are the most vulnerable. make informed decisions. I take my job very seriously and will make sure This disease has been declared Our lives depend on it. that I stick to all the rules and regulations a pandemic by the World Health to keep them safe. I urge everyone to do the Desiree Gaotsietsi, same. Just because you’re not in the high-risk Organization, but this is not the community member, group, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t also time to panic. Let’s work together Mfidikwe, Rustenburg take precautions. Patricia Oyewole, Tomlad Security Services to keep ourselves and others safe director, Tlhabane and healthy. Rustenburg Times readers offer It’s bad that we had to be placed under lockdown before people realised how serious some valuable this virus is… but now, we have to stay positive advice. and take this time to take care of ourselves and our families. Pinky Ramokoka, Chrisag Trading office administrator, Photsaneng, Rustenburg Now is the time to act. We all have a responsibility to look out for each other, and the best way to do that is to follow the We see this time in quarantine as an opportunity government’s instructions. Stay inside to to spend quality time together as a family. We will be avoid spreading the virus. playing boardgames and building puzzles with our twins. Celeste Minnaar, A Fun Little Party owner, Lindi Ferreira, Platinum Publishers sales Rustenburg representative, Rustenburg This is a very difficult time that we’re going through, but we have to stand together and do what’s necessary to protect our We’d like to hear from you. families and our communities. Dumisani Nyakeni, Mfidikwe Rustenburg Times is your Primary School educator, Rustenburg platform to share your views and news about happenings in the communities surrounding the Anglo American Platinum operations in Rustenburg. Because the virus spreads t’s our readers who make Rustenburg through saliva, please Times a newsworthy publication. cover your mouth and nose I You needo t help us to fill the newspaper if w you sho any flu-like with articles that will interest you. Let us symptoms. This is not just know what’s happening in your community about avoiding the virus; and who you would like to see recognised it’s about looking out for for his or her achievements. each other and saving lives. Sarah Mahlangu, Thukudu EMAIL US Secondary School volunteer, All you need to do is email us your Rustenburg comments and ideas and we will get back to o you t get the story. You may well find your words and even your photograph in Please be patient during the lockdown time. upcoming issues! Stay away from crowds and enjoy your favourite hobbies at home. rustenburg.times@ Langton Chauke, Greenway Mining Training angloamerican.com managing director, Rustenburg TERMS AND CONDITIONS • You need to provide us with your name, surname and the name of the community you live in. • You may remain anonymous if you choose. Your name won’t be published Take care of yourself, We have in the newspaper, but you still need to try to avoid people as to protect provide your details to the editor, who much as possible and ourselves, will not reveal your identity. wash your hands. our families and If you experience any everyone around us. Rustenburg Times is of the symptoms, it’s Now is not the time to panic; published by Anglo American vital to get yourself tested. it’s the time to work together to Platinum, 55 Marshall Street, rise above this challenge and stick Johannesburg, South Africa. Patience Mudita, to the government’s regulations. It is produced and distributed Sach Consultants by the Platinum Weekly admin assistant, Wynand Pieterse, community newspaper. Tlhabane, Rustenburg member, Rustenburg RUSTENBURG TIMES ISSUE 33 NEWS 3 We are working together with you, our communities, to provide you with as much support as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Natascha Viljoen, acting CEO of Anglo American Platinum. nglo American is positioned During the national lockdown, Zimbabwe announced a to make a difference in the we have ramped down much 21-day lockdown from Aregions in which it operates of our business and will be Monday, 30 March, and in this time of global crisis. All of ramping up again as soon as we Unki Mine has been placed Anglo American’s business have been given the go-ahead on care and maintenance for units (including Platinum, by government. the duration. Coal South Africa, Kumba As the mining industry In line with South African and De Beers) are engaging plays a critical role in the government regulations, with our host community economy as an employer, we assessed the ability to stakeholders, including taxpayer, buyer of goods and continue some operations traditional and faith leaders, and services, and earner of foreign on a reduced basis. Mining government agencies to develop exchange revenue, the minister operations at the open-pit a comprehensive COVID-19 of Mineral Resources and Mogalakwena Mine will continue community response plan, which Energy approached the on a reduced basis and Polokwane we will be rolling out across our industry to keep some scaled- Smelter will operate to smelt this Thank you to every one of Just remember that being host communities in the southern back operations going, where material into furnace matte. you who has been following a responsible citizen lies African region. health-risk assessments show We know the vital role the rules and procedures. at the heart of flattening Working with these it is safe to do so. our operations play in local It is only if we work the curve and stopping this stakeholders, we are identifying The recent controlled communities and remain together that we will be virus in its tracks. Follow the areas where we can provide ramp-down of facilities to committed to providing services, able to fight this pandemic president’s instructions when support that will make the achieve a safe state of care including the supply of potable successfully. he tells us all to stay at home. most difference to our host and maintenance for the water, healthcare, emergency We will continue to provide When you have to go out, communities, helping to reduce lockdown period affects response assistance and the you with regular updates, please keep your distance the impact of COVID-19 on those underground mining operations maintenance of civil infrastructure using all the channels at from others. who are the most vulnerable at Amandelbult, Mototolo, and throughout the lockdown our disposal. These include I encourage all of you and providing assistance in the Modikwa and Kroondal joint period. We will continue to see regional radio stations, such to stay safe and cooperate the areas of healthcare and ventures, as well as Mortimer how we can further support as Capricorn, North West FM, with our law enforcement testing accessibility. Smelter and Waterval Smelter, our communities during this Thobela FM, Kgatleng FM, agencies. Whatever COVID-19 brings which receive concentrate from difficult time. Motsweding FM and Madibeng us, Anglo American Platinum will those operations. It is important to say that FM. We will also continue remain unconditional about the Operations at the refineries Anglo American is fully supportive to publish our community safety, health and well-being of have been scaled back further of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s newspapers, which will be Let’s be individually its people, in our business and in for the duration of the efforts to limit the spread distributed to supermarkets in responsible to collectively our communities. 21-day lockdown. of the virus. your area. remain COVID-19 free. 4 NEWS ISSUE 33 RUSTENBURG TIMES THE CORONAVIRUS: STAY SAFE A MESSAGE FROM RUSTENBURG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST We fully support the guidelines for limiting the spread of the IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL coronavirus supplied by the South African National Department of DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S Health, and we encourage communities to follow the guidelines: FUND (UNICEF), WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE GUIDELINES TO HELP EVERYONE STAY SAFE, AND SUPPORT LEARNERS IN STUDYING Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. ONLINE WHILE THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. Cough and sneeze into your elbow or a tissue, and throw the tissue into the trash immediately. Stay at home from 26 March 2020 during the As the Rustenburg Community Development Trust, national lockdown for 21 days, except for we are committed to realising the vision of “Sustainable essential purposes. and Thriving Communities, Through and Beyond Mining”. Further details are available at https://sacoronavirus. Including livelihood, education, health and poverty relief, co.za/2020/03/23/south-african-lockdown- the projects, programmes and initiatives we support enable guidelines-information/ communities to confront their challenges and create a sustainable future for themselves beyond the life of the mine.