The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe (MP) joined by the Deputy Minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane (MP) will today, 13 September 2022, visit Jagersfontein in the Free State Province. The Minister has cut short his working visit to South Sudan and Niger to attend to the disaster that has left people homeless.

Members of the media are advised of the Minister's programme scheduled as follows:
10h00 - Meeting with affected persons in Bloemfontein
The Minister will thereafter visit the affected area in Jagersfontein and meet with the management of the company that is processing the slime dam.

Dates: 13 September 2022
Time: 10h00
Venue: Sandstone Sleeper Estate, Bloemfontein
To RSVP, contact:
Mr Johannes Mokobane – Johannes.Mokobane@dmre.gov.za / 082 766 3674
For media enquiries: mediadesk@energy.gov.za / media@dmre.gov.za
Mr Natie Shabangu – natie.shabangu@dmre.gov.za / 073 852 1922
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Issued by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy