A number of Cabinet ministers and provincial leaders have tested positive for the coronavirus. We look at the status of these officials.
It was announced late on Tuesday that the mineral resources minister and his wife tested positive for COVID-19.
The number of positive coronavirus cases confirmed within the sector so far suggests the spread is not easing, with 1,559 active cases at the last count, while 1,166 workers have recovered.
With 384 miners testing positive for the coronavirus, Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe said mines should work together with the department and not conceal cases.
Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize and other senior government officials visited the North West province to receive a donation of personal protective equipment from Sibanye-Stillwater and Old Mutual in Rustenburg. Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe also used the opportunity to address miners' safety during the pandemic.
The union wants government to issue binding regulations to protect miners from the virus as the lockdown moves to level 4 allowing production to return to more than 50%.
Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has announced that it's important for some operations to continue as vital maintenance is needed.
Minister Gwede Mantashe called the meeting with mining houses in response to the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that where people gather, they should not exceed 100.
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said that having Eskom under Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan's department only made it more difficult to manage the power utility as it did not fall under his energy portfolio.
The Mineral Resources and Energy Department cited the gazetting and implementation of the integrated resource plan as a critical step to ensuring energy security for the mining industry and the rest of the country.
At the African Mining Indaba on Monday, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe announced government would be talking to investors to start an energy generation company outside of Eskom.
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Monday announced that another energy-generating entity, outside of Eskom, should be established.
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe conceded that South Africa's power crisis was impeding growth.
This comes a week after the previous board members all handed in their resignations, claiming a lack of support from government and political interference.
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Mantashe met with the South African Editors' Forum on Thursday after the 'Sunday World' said he admitted to paying R70,000 to have a story about him squashed.
According to the 'Sunday World', Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe paid two of its reporters R70,000 to make the story disappear.
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe's spokesperson Moferefere Lekorotsoana said he didn’t really mean it when he told the 'Sunday World' that he had paid the reporters not to publish the article but admitted his utterances were unfortunate.
