Silicosis

The Mining Affected Communities United in Action says the mining giant must ‘take full responsibility for unpaid debts and abandoned communities’

South Africa spends too much money on medical malpractice lawsuits and wants to pursue new ways to settle cases out of court

The goal of ‘zero harm’ has seen progress but is yet to be fully realised

The reduction of deaths from falls of ground accidents is significant, because this usually contributes the most to total mine fatalities

Claimants detail struggles to access compensation

Trust had paid out more than R700m but too many claimants ‘are being misdiagnosed, incorrectly classified or rejected’, say activists

The Tshiamiso Trust has begun paying out workers who contracted silicosis and TB in South Africa’s gold mines, but the amounts are paltry against what they have lost to poor…

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

She’s worked on one of the biggest class-action cases in South Africa and she’s taken on Uber: Zanele Mbuyisa speaks to Athandiwe Saba about advocating for the underrepresented,…

Despite winning a R5 billion settlement in 2018, miners who contracted TB and silicosis at work and the family members of those who died are still waiting for that payment

Beneficiaries will now be able to apply to get money from the settlement almost two years after the Johannesburg high court ruled on the matter.

The payouts to affected miners who were part of the class action will provide a modicum of justice

We need to resist the patriarchy, racism, sexism and capitalist greed that is still prevalent on the globe

It will give current and ex gold mineworkers an opportunity to receive a medical examination and compensation for those suffering from silicosis

Potential claimants and their dependents are encouraged to also contact the call centre