The first steps in relaxing South Africa's national coronavirus lockdown will allow critical supplies of cement and construction material to reach specified markets.
Local construction materials supplier Afrisam says that the lowering of the national coronavirus level to Alert Level 4 will allow it to resume some of its production and to supply some customers.
“The company will now be supplying aggregate, ready-mix and cement products to permitted Alert Level 4 customers,” said Richard Tomes, sales and marketing executive at AfriSam.
The changes were recently signed into law by South Africa’s Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in terms of provisions in the Disaster Management Act.
Tomes highlights that, despite this relaxation in the regulations, there will still be stringent safety procedures in place to protect the health and wellbeing of employees, customers and other stakeholders.
“All visitors to our sites will be required to adhere to strict procedures – aligned to the current regulations – which remain in place,” he said. “These will apply to all permitted customers who will be collecting product at AfriSam sites.”
He added that AfriSam staff adhere closely to regulations when making deliveries to customer sites. This includes the wearing of masks at all times, sanitising and maintaining appropriate social distance.
