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The processing of claims in the historic R5-billion class action settlement on behalf of gold miners who contracted the incurable lung disease silicosis is now up and running, the trust managing the payments said on Tuesday. It is a long and winding road, but justice is starting to be served for a historic wrong that literally left those wronged breathless. Seven claimants have already been paid in a pilot project and now general claims are being processed, trustees of the Tshiamiso Trust told journalists during an online press briefing on Tuesday. The logistics and administrative tasks are m...

Silicosis trust set to ramp up compensation payments to victims By Dineo Faku Share The Tshiamiso Trust yesterday said it would set up infrastructure to fast track compensation of the silicosis and tuberculosis (TB) victims in mines after only seven of the historic R5 billion claimants had been paid to date. Speaking during the virtual launch press conference, the trust’s chief operating officer, Tina da Cruz said Tshiamiso had started processing claims. “To date we have paid seven claims and there are quite a number of claims in the pipeline. “We have completed over 400 benefit medical...

Tshiamiso Trust makes due on silicosis payout 2 Mar 2021 Silicosis is a disease that affects people in jobs where they breathe in dust that contains silica – a tiny crystal found in sand, rock or mineral ores, such as quartz. Current and former gold miners who contracted silicosis will finally receive the money from the settlement agreement approved by the high court in 2019 between them and six large mining companies. On Tuesday, Tshiamiso Trust, which was established to carry out the silicosis payouts, announced that it has started its claiming process.  The chief executive officer of...

SPECIAL REPORT: After 2 years, historic silicosis case miners await justice Funds due to be paid out to ex-miners after the landmark silicosis class action suit are yet to be given to them, more than two years since the agreement. "They took our documents and pictures and said we will be paid. We have been waiting ever since." - Mzawubalekwa Diya. Picture: Pixabay.com 49 days ago JOHANNESBURG - Former miners with silicosis - who spent their adult lives digging for gold in South Africa’s mines - still ha...