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Two-day workshop marks the beginning of policy reforms that will make it easier for eligible miners to claim compensation.
Read MoreMbuyiselo Botha writes in the Sowetan on the worrying proliferation of churches that hide behind religion to exploit the poor.
Read MoreIn October 2015, Sonke Gender Justice and the Treatment Action Campaign joined former miners in a court hearing seeking certification for a class action lawsuit that would force the entire gold mining industry to pay damages to former gold miners …
ListenThe Citizen reports on a recently resurfaced document – concealed for three years – proving the viability of free higher education.
Read MoreSonke expresses their commitment to the goal of achieving equality of education for all South Africans.
Read MoreAbout 600 people, including members of mineworkers unions as well as civil society took part in a march led by Sonke Gender Justice and the Treatment Action Campaign on the 13th of October 2015. The march, titled “Justice for Miners” …
ListenKathleen Morrissey of The Star writes about Sonke and TAC’s protest in support of silicosis-stricken miners.
Read MoreSonke’s Government and Media Liaison, Patrick Godana, addresses Sonke and Treatment Action community action teams at a demonstration outside the South Gauteng High court, in Johannesburg, on the first day (12 October 2015) of a certification hearing for a class …
ListenBusiness Day article by Karl Gernetzky and Penelope Mashego on Wednesday’s anti-corruption march in Pretoria and Cape Town.
Read MoreWe call South Africa to support the march and to demand accountability and transparency from government, business and civil society.
Read MoreThis presentation highlights the vulnerabilities adolescent girls face in Kenya and the importance in investing in them in socially, economically and in their health. It is important to consider them assets in society and explore ways in which savings leads them …
Thousands of women are left to care for and support their husbands who have been left jobless and sick after contracting silicosis in the gold mines. Silicosis is a preventable lung disease that affects thousands of gold miners in South …
WatchCivil society organisations’ joint application to act as amici curiae finally approved.
Read MoreTomorrow (Friday, 28 August 2015) Sonke and TAC will receive a verdict on their application for amici curiae status.
Read MoreErnest Mabuza reports on the ongoing application to become amici curiae in the upcoming lawsuit.
Read MoreSonke to receive verdict regarding its application to act as amici curiae in the upcoming lawsuit against the mining industry.
Read MoreThere are two possible class action lawsuits being filed by Richard Spoor Attorneys (Spoor), Abrahams Kiewitz Inc (Abrahams), and the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) against the 32 gold mining companies collectively comprising the entire South African gold mining industry. The …
The dangers of working in the South African gold mines have long been documented. A forthcoming court hearing highlights the injustice of mine workers who contract silicosis and are sent home, too sick to work, with little or no compensation. …
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