The national and Eastern Cape provincial governments have launched a campaign to trace hundreds of former miners whose health suffered as a result of their jobs over the past 60 years to ensure they or their families can claim the benefits due to them.
The diseases were a result of prolonged exposure to excessive levels of silica dust while working on the gold mines. Nineteen of the respondent mining companies, which represent the largest gold producers in South Africa, reached an historic settlement in 2018. This provides for an uncapped amount of compensation for all qualifying mine workers and their dependents.
MASERU – AT least 11 316 current as well as former mine workers are set for a bumper payout after Tshiamiso Trust began disbursing the first billion Maloti to workers who are suffering from silicosis and tuberculosis. The payment comes two years after Tshiamiso Trust began processing claims for the historical M5 billion settlement agreement […]
This week's events are largely centred on South Africa’s Human Rights Day, with the theme ‘Consolidating and Sustaining Human Rights Culture into the Future’. Open to the public on 25 and 26 March, it offers an opportunity to hear experts from all walks of life comment on social issues, while t.