Richard Spoor

They allege they contracted incurable lung diseases while working on mines and want compensation for the harm caused to their health

Three people were killed and dozens injured a year ago when the tailings dam at the Jagersfontein diamond mine collapsed

Workers and their families claim they contracted lung disease from coal dust while working on mines owned by BHP Billiton, South32 SA and others

Families will never forget how iphika took their fathers, brothers, husbands and breadwinners after they spent the best years of their lives digging up gold in the mines

The long-running arms deal case is heading for further delays after Zuma’s attorney and senior counsel withdrew at the 11th hour

The former president is looking for new pro bono legal counsel to defend him on arms deal charges, on the brink of the matter going to trial after 17 years

In February, the Johannesburg high court determined that Richard Spoor Attorneys could go ahead with a class action application

Despite a high court judgment halting extraction, villagers feel unsafe as the minister plans a survey and resettlement guidelines

The listeriosis outbreak — the largest in recorded history — killed 218 people after more than 1 000 contracted the disease between 2016 and 2018.

Impoverished families will have some relief after a class action against 29 mining firms succeeds

Mthobeli Gangatha has learnt to accept that nothing, not even part of the R5-billion settlement announced by lawyers, will ever reverse his condition

A new report by Oxfam shows how the mine allegedly breached the terms of its mining rights agreement

A new report by Oxfam reveals the company’s poor track record in a South African community

Since announcing the class action plan last week, Attorney Richard Spoor has said his team has a mammoth task which may take years to come to fruition

If the lawsuits are successful, they could potentially result in hundreds of millions of rands awarded to victims and the families of those killed.