The keys to solving the legacy issues in SA’s mining sector
The goal of ‘zero harm’ has seen progress but is yet to be fully realised
Tshiamiso Trust
‘I will fight the Tshiamiso Trust till I die
Claimants detail struggles to access compensation
Stress, tears and struggles with Tshiamiso Trust
Trust had paid out more than R700m but too many claimants ‘are being misdiagnosed, incorrectly classified or rejected’, say activists
Silicosis payouts are ‘symbolic justice’ for South Africa’s miners
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 health over the years.
The gold miners’ widows tell of daily battles for survival
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
Tshiamiso Trust makes due on silicosis payout
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.