Community members gather in protest outside the South Gauteng High Court seeking justice for the hundreds of thousands of miners who were made sick by poor working-environments and unfairly dismissed.
An outline of community activism events revolving around the upcoming silicosis class action lawsuit, happening this October.
Greg Nicolson of the Daily Maverick reports on Sonke’s victory in the ongoing legal battle against South Africa’s gold mines.
Tomorrow (Friday, 28 August 2015) Sonke and TAC will receive a verdict on their application for amici curiae status.
Charles and Pierce collaborate to tell the stories of miners inflicted with silicosis and retrenched with little or no compensation.
A power-point presentation by Rodney Ehrlich, an occupational health expert from the University of Cape Town, provides some background on the epidemiology of occupational lung diseases, primarily silicosis and tuberculosis, including HIV, in South African gold miners.
A historic lawsuit presents the best opportunity to date to end the impunity with which mining companies exploit workers.
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Sonke uses the media to advance our work to develop positive gender norms and create an environment that supports equitable, non-violent and healthy relationships.
Conducting research on how silicosis has affected communities throughout the Eastern Cape.
META-REVIEW Impact Report: Looking back over ten years of Sonke Gender Justice In 2017, Sonke sought to review and offer an account of our contribution, over the last ten years, towards reaching gender equality, reducing gender-based violence, and addressing HIV and AIDS in South Africa and at regional and global
TAC and Sonke welcome historic settlement in case of mining companies vs former mineworkers who contracted silicosis and/or TB in SA’s gold mines.
HUMAN RIGHTS Watch the Sonke 10 Year Anniversary Video A newly released 16-minute video celebrates the achievements of Sonke since its founding in 2006. The video also tells the story of the nearly 250 people who have worked at the organisation as well as the people whose lives have been
About Sonke With offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Agincourt, Sonke works globally, and especially across Africa, to strengthen government, civil society and citizen capacity to take action to promote gender equality, prevent domestic and sexual violence and reduce the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS. In this way
What will it take to get dads more involved in childcare asks Wessel van den Berg on Fathers Day – as he draws hope from a landmark bill in the parliamentary pipeline.
SILICOSIS [VIDEO] Deadly Gold: a Special Assignment investigation The human toll of South Africa’s gold mining industry is laid bare in this heart-wrenching Special Assignment documentary which aired recently on SABC 3 in South Africa. Thousands of former mineworkers return from the goldfields – penniless and broken. Sick with an
On Wednesday 8 February 2017, as thousands of mine industry executives gathered at the Cape Town International Convention Centre for the Invest in Africa Mining Indaba, Sonke Gender Justice protested in front of the Cecil Rhodes statue in the Company Gardens, Cape Town.
XENOPHOBIA [VIDEO] “We were treated like animals being slaughtered” In the wake of the recent wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa, Sonke’s Gadeeja Abbas tells the story of Lionnel Drench who fled the conflict in Congo Brazzaville, only to find his suffering continue in Cape Town. In this video
Imagine if SONA actually was meaningful? By Marike Keller, Sonke Gender Justice.
The most important people in mining will not be among the movers and shakers at the high-profile event this week.
Former mineworker with incurable lung disease calls for compensation during press conference hosted by Sonke Gender Justice on Tuesday 7 February 2017
TRANSFORMATION OF JUDICIARY Women continue to be underrepresented in the judiciary says new report More than four years after Sonke and the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit filed a complaint on the slow transformation of the judiciary, the Commission for Gender Equality has published a response acknowledging that not enough
The entire South African gold mining industry is currently on trial. In a historic lawsuit, 32 gold mining companies, collectively comprising all the major mining houses, are being sued by 56 litigants who are current mineworkers, former mineworkers, or widows of former mine-workers. The miners and their families are seeking
Thabang Pooe, Policy Development and Advocacy Fellow at Sonke Gender Justice appeared on the Tim Modise Show to discuss the historic ruling in the silicosis class action lawsuit
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