Compensation payments to South African asbestos miners are nearing completion, legal firm Leigh, Day & Co said in a statement on Thursday. The London solicitors firm represented the claimants in their legal bid for compensation by Cape, the owners of a former asbestos mine.
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/ 19 December 2003
The fortunes of asbestos have declined in recent years, after the realisation that inhaling asbestos fibres could lead to cancer. However, debate about the safety of this mineral hasn’t ended yet — at least not in Zimbabwe. This country is the world’s fifth largest producer of chrysotile fibre, or white asbestos — after Russia, Canada, China and Brazil.
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/ 16 September 2003
The first relief payments are soon to be disbursed out of the Asbestos Relief Trust to five mesothelioma sufferers, claimant representative Reza Williams confirmed on Tuesday.
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/ 3 September 2003
The Asbestos Relief Trust has been established and tasked with paying out compensation to sufferers of asbestos-related diseases.
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/ 2 September 2003
The first compensation payments from Cape plc to 7 500 asbestosis victims in the Northern Cape were being processed, legal firm Leigh, Day and Co confirmed on Tuesday.
Former South African mining holding company Gencor on Monday announced that it had paid R460,5-million to various trusts as part of its asbestos claims settlement. Of the amount, R40-million was specifically held for rehabilitation claims.
British company Cape Plc on Friday paid about R93-million in compensation to 7 500 South African workers who suffered a range of diseases after being exposed to asbestos at work. Gencor Ltd. will also pay about R39,7-million to Cape claimants who were also exposed to asbestos while working for Gencor.
Various organisations said on Thursday nothing would reverse the loss of life and damage suffered by victims of asbestos-related diseases but they welcomed the settlement agreements with Cape plc and Gencor with a mixture of anger and relief.
Two agreements have been struck to settle all claims involving asbestosis against mining group Gencor for a total amount of R460,5-mllion, Gencor announced on Thursday.
South African mine holding company Gencor and asbestos mining claimants could reach a settlement agreement by week end or at the latest the end of March, said Richard Spoor, a lawyer from legal firm Ntuli, Noble & Spoor, representing the claimants.