A recent settlement between miners and Anglo American could be a precedent as the gold industry prepares for a looming silicosis class action suit.
Anglo American SA has settled a law suit brought by miners who claimed they had contracted silicosis while working for the company.
SA miners have vowed to take their silicosis lawsuit against London-listed Anglo American to SA courts after a UK court refused to hear their case.
Ex-gold miners suffering from silicosis have launched a class action suit in SA, in what could prove the nail in the coffin of the mining sector.
Mtobeli Elson Vapi is only 52 and treading lightly is about as much activity as his body can handle.
Silicosis might appear only 15 years after exposure to gold ore dust, long after they have gone home. Heidi Swart reports.
As the case against Anglo American SA in the UK unfolds, local lawyers are calling for the setting up of a compensation fund.
Anglo American will face a hearing next year to determine if it’s liable for miners who contracted silicosis while working in its gold shafts.
Daniel Thakamakau, a South African miner who allegedly contracted TB after digging gold for Anglo American, has demanded compensation.
An SA lawyer says he is preparing to sue leading gold miners on behalf of former miners who contracted respiratory ailments such as silicosis.
The state is rolling out a massive plan to deal with TB in SA mines, where the disease kills 13 times as many miners than accidents do each year.
Mine workers are seeking compensation expected to run into billions. They became ill after working on the mines, and were medically boarded.
Anglo American plc has offered medical treatment to 14 former miners who have brought a test case against its South African subsidiary.
Eighteen ex-goldminers are taking on Anglo over a lung disease caused by exposure to silica dust. It’s a case that could cost the industry billions.
In a bumpy backstreet in Mthatha stands the offices of the ex-mineworkers’ union, founded in 1987. There are seven stacks of dusty files in one corner, each the height of an adult, containing compensation applications and other paperwork for each of the union’s members in the Eastern Cape. “About 18 000 members,” says Zanele Mbuyisa, a […]
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