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In 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 …
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About 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” …
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Kathleen Morrissey of The Star writes about Sonke and TAC’s protest in support of silicosis-stricken miners.
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Sonke’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 …
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Join us for this immersive multimedia experience showcasing the work of Photographer Thom Pierce
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An outline of community activism events revolving around the upcoming silicosis class action lawsuit, happening this October.
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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 …
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Greg Nicolson of the Daily Maverick reports on Sonke’s victory in the ongoing legal battle against South Africa’s gold mines.
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Civil society organisations’ joint application to act as amici curiae finally approved.
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Tomorrow (Friday, 28 August 2015) Sonke and TAC will receive a verdict on their application for amici curiae status.
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Ernest Mabuza reports on the ongoing application to become amici curiae in the upcoming lawsuit.
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Sonke to receive verdict regarding its application to act as amici curiae in the upcoming lawsuit against the mining industry.
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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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Sonke conducts research in the Eastern Cape on how caring for sick spouses can be detrimental to women’s development.
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Charles and Pierce collaborate to tell the stories of miners inflicted with silicosis and retrenched with little or no compensation.
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A power-point presentation by Professor Jonny Myers, Director of the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health at the School of Public Health and Family Medicine at the University of Cape Town, titled “Dust measurements, exceedances and the need for proper …
The heads of argument submitted to court in the Sonke and TAC application to be accepted as amici curiae.
These are the heads of argument presented by Anglo-American South Africa, a respondent in the Sonke and TAC application to be admitted as amici curiae in the silicosis lawsuit.
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