“We would like to make a difference in the communities that we operate in” said Randel Rademann, Evander General Manager, in his opening remarks “and what a better place to start with than our youth”.
Evander Gold Mining (Pty)Ltd, as part of their pledge to make a difference in their communities, decided to hand over Science and Computer Laboratories to Thistle Grove Combined School and Thomas Nhlabathi Secondary School.
The ceremony was held at Thistle Grove Combined School on 16 November. The handover also forms part of their Social Labour Plan.
Cobus Loots, Pan African Resources CEO spoke about the role and stability that mining had achieved in the past 150 years.
“At the beginning of 2018, we were losing a lot of money,” said Cobus, “So much so that we had to retrench over 2000 people.”
“This gave us an opportunity to reset things and I am very glad to say that we are now one of the lowest “cost to produce” of gold in Africa. ”Under our feet is one of the biggest undeveloped Gold resources in the world, 34m Ounces!”
“We are going to be here for a long time still” continued Cobus, “and we will continue to invest in our communities.”
In his keynote address, Mpumalanga District Director, Mr P.P. Magagula said “We are not going anywhere if we don’t promote maths, science and technology.”
There were also items by some learners that the crowd enjoyed a lot.
