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‘More needed’ for miners to work again
Amcu and experts agree that mineworkers and their communities face a unique risk without a detailed response to Covid-19 from the sector
Mandela said I could, so I got my doctorate
My mother was a domestic worker and my father a miner, and I went to school in the townships
Miners speak out against Sibanye
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
Miners can register for silicosis, TB claims online
Potential claimants and their dependents are encouraged to also contact the call centre
Letters to the editor: May 18 to 24
A reader writes in about the silicosis class action
Silicosis: Too late for some as gold mines pay up
Impoverished families will have some relief after a class action against 29 mining firms succeeds
Asbestos curse continues to kill as ex-miners fight for compensation
In the Northern Cape, former mineworkers and their families live with lung-destroying diseases and barely survive financially.
Almost five years after the massacre, the battle for Marikana justice continues
Another BASF shareholder meeting has come and gone without resolution on reparations.
A minimum wage must restore the dignity of black people
We must address the legacy of apartheid and abolish the slave wage economy we have inherited.
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