Impala activated its first mobile vaccination site in Rustenburg’s Freedom Park community on 9 September, marking the start of a campaign to host vaccination days in other areas of the mining community.
The fully operational, mobile vaccination site is a successful collaboration between the NWDoH, the Department of Home Affairs, local NGOs, ward councillors, and Impala.
“Impala has been working closely with the NWDoH to assist their vaccine rollout since the beginning, and we were the first accredited mining site to start vaccinations in May 2021,” says Dr Jon Andrews, Implats’ group executive for Health and Safety.
To recognise the value of this initiative to South Africa’s efforts to ensure widespread vaccination, the mobile Impala facility, which was located within the Bojanala outreach area for the day, was visited by several dignitaries.
These included the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe and the Minister of Defence as well as other VIP guests, government officials local MECs and councillors.
The Impala mobile facility was one of four vaccination points in Bojanala on the day, and it achieved the highest number of vaccines administered among the district stations.
