Under the proposed changes, living claimants would be required to undergo new Benefit Medical Examinations
Posts tagged as “Tshiamiso Trust”
Gold mining’s widows haunted by emotional trauma and gnawing poverty
Many families of former gold miners who contracted silicosis pinned their hopes on a cash settlement resulting from a successful class action. But as the…
Miners Bodies exhibition exposes deadly legacy of gold mining
The Miners Bodies exhibition recently opened at the Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. KOENA MASHALE graced the event and reports on the challenges faced by former…
Silicosis – the legal battle against the mining houses
The Department of Health recently announced plans to conduct medical tests on former gold mineworkers who were employed on South African mines between 1965 and…
Lesotho ex-miners count the costs as long wait for redress continues
They spent the best years of their lives digging for gold on SA mines – but now sickly and dirt poor Lesotho’s ex-miners are fighting…
Silicosis trust pays out 100 miners but many more still waiting
The Tshiamiso Trust recently announced that it had paid out more than R9million to 100 ex gold miners as part of the historic class action…
Women bear brunt of gold mining’s rotten legacy
"I used to rub his chest all night because he was coughing non-stop. Sometimes I would fall asleep while rubbing him." Nozamile Yaphi, widow of former gold mine worker Zamekile James Yaphi
Hope for miners left broke and broken by silicosis
Tshiamiso Trust announces plans to roll out process initiated after court settlement but Justice for Miners Campaign laments slow pace of settling claims Lucas Ledwaba…
Fears over silicosis miners as covid-19 strikes
Long wait for compensation compounds challenges faced by ex miners whose struggle has been made worse by the corona virus outbreak Lolo Maphophe The outbreak…
UCT joins battle against killer mine dust
Mine Dust and Health Network Project seeks to tackle the long-term health and environmental problems caused by mine grime.








