Ditshwanelo search for more ex-miners after court victory

Ex South African miners and their dependents queuing for registration
Ex South African miners and their dependents queuing for registration

Following a landmark victory, which will most likely see former South African miners or their dependents including over 2,000 from Botswana compensated for silicosis and tuberculosis (TB), Ditshwanelo embarks on another countrywide exercise to register more eligible beneficiaries.

This follows the recent judgement on the TB/Silicosis class certification application handed down by deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo at the Gauteng High Court on May 13, 2016.  

Ditshwanelo, together with a South African law firm, has since June 2012, conducted the registration of former and current underground Batswana mineworkers employed in South African gold mines. This was done in order for them to form part of this particular case, through a class suit.

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