Community benefits from various RBM investments

RICHARDS Bay Minerals (RBM) has invested R3-million in the upgrading of the Nhlabane and Mzingazi sports fields.
The upgrades will include ablution facilities, change rooms, grand stands and landscaping.
These improvements form part of the 17 social and labour plan projects approved by the Department of Mineral Resources.
RBM Managing Director Werner Duvenhage, accompanied by the communities’ and corporate relations team, recently participated in a sod-turning ceremony at the Nhlabane sports field in KwaMbonambi.
‘It delights us to be part of life-changing events such as these. We always try to be part of the communities that we live in and work with.
‘We also understand that our communities are our greatest stakeholders, and therefore building strong relations through such efforts will hopefully leave a positive legacy,’ Duvenhage said.
‘We wish to encourage healthy lifestyles and a community that understands taking care of one’s body can have positive effects on one’s health.’
Construction of the Mzingazi sports field is currently under way and is expected to be completed and handed over to the community before the end of the year.
uMfolozi Municipal Manager, Elliot Gamede, commended the mining company’s visibility in the local communities over the years.
‘The recent social and labour plan has benefitted the communities in various ways, committing an investment of an estimated R100-million in the uMfolozi Municipality.
‘Shortly after RBM handed over a refuse removal truck of over R4-million earlier in the year, we are working towards the launching of the uMfolozi Thusong Centre worth more than R17.4-million.
‘We also look forward to the completion of the uMfolozi testing grounds estimated at R12-million, not mentioning other projects, including the back-up heavy-duty generators that were handed over to our two local clinics in Nhlabane and Mbonambi,’ Gamede said.