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Mandela said I could, so I got my doctorate

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My mother was a domestic worker and my father a miner, and I went to school in the townships
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Miners speak out against Sibanye

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Not a year into buying Lonmin, Sibanye is accused of mistreating the mineworkers who were injured eight years ago during the Marikana massacre. But the platinum giant says it is a miscommunication. Athandiwe Saba and Paul Botes visit Marikana to find out the truth
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Miners can register for silicosis, TB claims online

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Potential claimants and their dependents are encouraged to also contact the call centre
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Letters to the editor: May 18 to 24

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A reader writes in about the silicosis class action
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Silicosis: Too late for some as gold mines pay up

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Impoverished families will have some relief after a class action against 29 mining firms succeeds
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Asbestos curse continues to kill as ex-miners fight for compensation

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In the Northern Cape, former mineworkers and their families live with lung-destroying diseases and barely survive financially.
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​Almost five years after the massacre, the battle for Marikana justice continues

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Another BASF shareholder meeting has come and gone without resolution on reparations.
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A minimum wage must restore the dignity of black people

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We must address the legacy of apartheid and abolish the slave wage economy we have inherited.
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‘You can’t pin silicosis on all of us’

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This week it was the mining companies' turn to tell the court why they can't be held responsible for the suffering of thousands of former mineworkers.
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Silicosis case poised to rewrite law books

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The historic class-action suit brought by gravely ill former gold miners and their families will push the boundaries of the country's court system.
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Silicosis class action: A question of manageability

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The high court in Johannesburg has to decide how to process a case of this size, which mining companies say is impossible.
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Marikana miners blast Farlam Commission report

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Mineworkers in Marikana have blasted the Farlam Commission of Inquiry report for its findings against Amcu.
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The killing of two council workers at the Amathole district municipality appears to be linked to tender fraud and corruption
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Press Releases

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

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VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.
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NWU student receives international award

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Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
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Academic programme resumes at all campuses

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Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.
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Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

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Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding
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We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

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Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders
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So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

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Do the research first; it will save money and time later
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Social entrepreneurship means business

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Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs
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Looking inwards

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Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it
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My mother was a domestic worker and my father a miner, and I went to school in the townships

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