Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane on Friday lamented the sharp rise in mining-related fatalities this year and called for “extraordinary measures” to be taken to prevent further fatalities occurring in the sector. Speaking at a health and safety Imbizo at diversified miner Sibanye Gold’s Driefontein gold operation, in Carletonville, in western Gauteng, the Minister said it was “deeply regrettable” that the bullion producer, which had been the best performer in the gold sector in 2015 in terms of health and safety numbers, had recorded the most fatalities thus far in 2016.
