The case brought by 7 500 South African mineworkers against UK multinational, Cape Plc, has taken a new turn as London-based and local lawyers join forces and challenge the terms of Gencor’s proposed unbundling in the Cape Town High Court.
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/ 7 December 2001
Parties involved in the asbestos legal battle have broadly agreed on a UK20-million settlement. However, Northern Cape premier Manne Dipico and his Northern Province counterpart Ngoako Ramatlhodi said on Friday there had been no settlement. ”We have come back…hopeful that the end is very near,” Ramatlhodi told reporters. He said one of the main hitches […]
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/ 30 October 2001
London | Tuesday ABOUT 7 000 sick and dying South Africans claiming compensation for asbestos-related ailments from the London-based insulation and building materials company Cape Plc, may settle for UK25-million (R330-million), their British lawyers said. “This is substantially less than the claimants may expect to receive after a trial, if Cape could have afforded to […]
NORTHERN Province Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi accused British asbestos mining company Cape plc of leaving South Africa with a “legacy of death and suffering”. He was speaking during a press conference on Wednesday before leaving for England to meet with lawyers suing the company on behalf of about 5_000 poisoned South Africans. “Cape plc made use […]
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/ 8 February 2001
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Mbabane | Thursday A CLAIM for compensation by South African miners suffering from asbestosis may have pushed Swazilands asbestos export earnings down, the Central Bank of Swaziland said on Wednesday. The countrys asbestos export earnings declined by 37.9% in the first six months of 2000 compared to the corresponding period in 1999, possibly […]
Khadija Magardie In a landmark judgement, Britain’s highest court has given 3 000 South African litigants the go-ahead to sue United Kingdom asbestos company Cape Plc in the UK. The litigants are all suffering from various asbestos-related illnesses which they contracted while working for Cape, which pulled out of South Africa in the 1970s. The […]
THOUSANDS of South Africans seeking damages for asbestos-related diseases will be able to pursue their case against a British company in English courts, the House of Lords decided on Thursday in a landmark ruling. More than 3000 claimants will be able seek justice from the British legal system in a group action suit against Cape […]
ASBESTOSIS victims in South Africa are ready to take the British based mining company, Cape PLC, to the International Court of Justice should they not be granted the opportunity to sue the company in British courts. Northern Province health MEC Sello Moloto made the statement during a report back meeting held at Ga-Mathabatha near Lebowakgomo […]
THE government is to spend about R100-million over the next 10 to 15 years to clean up abandoned asbestos mines and dumps in the Northern Province, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga, according to the Business Report. R45-million has already been spent over the past 13 years rehabilitating the dumps and mines. The budget this year is […]
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/ 22 February 2000
THE 3000 South Africans suing British-based Cape for asbestos poisoning will appeal to Britain’s House of Lords on June 19 for their case to be heard in the UK, their South African legal representative Richard Spoor said on Monday. The victims, most of whom worked on Cape mines in Prieska in the Northern Cape and […]