Coronavirus - South Africa: Employment and Labour dismisses allegations of non-compliance with Coronavirus COVID-19 regulations in Kimberley office

The Department has not re-called any additional officials back to work as it is busy finalizing the Return to Work Plan for the Northern Cape. The service provider has been appointed to perform industrial sanitizing in line with the Provincial Risk Assessment Plan from 18 – 22 May 2020.The service will be performed at all 7 offices (Kimberley, De Aar, Calvinia, Springbok, Upington, Postmasburg and Kuruman) including: deep cleaning of offices, disinfection (fogging with anti-viral chemicals) and cleaning of fabric office furniture including the interior of all vehicles.

The offices are currently not open to the public, therefore no walk-ins are permitted to the offices, and drop-off boxes are provided at main entrance for clients to submit new applications for services and to eliminate human contact. The access to the office is strictly for limited number of officials who are rendering essential services and have been issued with permits. The body temperature scan, registers and health questionnaire are being utilised to manage and track these official while at the office.

Issued by: Department of Employment and Labour

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