Eyethu Coal helps clean up community
The personnel at EyethuCoal, Mooifontein Division gave their 67 minutes to cleaning up a community within the perimeters of their operation on July 18.
Not only did they clean, but they also provided coal for the community on a regular basis as there is no power within Masakhane community.
Shan Hanekom along with other members of EyethuCoal came together and collected refuse as a means to help clean up the community and as part of their contribution to the 67 Minutes for Mandela.
The community is an informal settlement that is just on the borderline of where the mine operates. The initiative by Mooifontein mine was put in place to ensure that they could work effectively with the community as well as to minimise any health risks associated with being in an unclean environment. The community is impoverished and therefore cannot afford privileges such as medical care, if they can then the distance that they have to travel is long.
Hanekom identified Masakhane as a community in need and has since adopting it been helping them to clean up the area, as well provide them with coal to help ease the burden of being with no electricity. Hanekom and her team have gone beyond their 67 Minutes and have started their time counting long before Mandela Day came into celebration for this year.
