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Silicosis class action has positively impacted the rights of women and children who’ve depended upon, and cared for, sick miners.
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A summary of the ongoing class action against South Africa’s gold mining companies.
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Leave to appeal the certification judgment was heard on 23 June 2016 The application for the certification of a class action was heard in October 2015. This resulted in a historic judgment handed down on 13 May 2016, certifying a …
Judgment may limit scale of claims in class action suit – Lutho Mtongana reports in The Sunday Times.
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Mining companies have been denied leave to appeal against the historic class action’s certification.
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Unpacking the ramifications of the ongoing silicosis lawsuit – written by Thabang Pooe for the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
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Widows and children stand to inherit damage claims from the mining industry, but their decision to appeal doesn’t bode well.
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SABC News reports on the Johannesburg High Court’s ruling in the historic silicosis class action lawsuit.
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Sonke Gender Justice welcomes the judgement handed down today, 13 May 2016, by the South Gauteng High Court granting permission to a group of miners to proceed with a class action against South Africa’s gold mining companies. A group of …
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The South Gauteng High Court has certified the largest class action lawsuit in South Africa’s history to commence.
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David McKenzie of CNN.com reports on the fate of the miners’ historic class action suit.
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The judgement handed down by the South Gauteng High Court, is in favour of the constitution of a class action lawsuit of 56 current and former goldmine workers, representing hundreds of thousands, against 32 gold mining companies – comprising the entire …
This week, Sonke Gender Justice and the Treatment Action Campaign are joining former miners in a court hearing seeking certification for a class action lawsuit seeking damages to be paid to former gold miners who are now sick with #silicosis …
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After months of deliberation, over 50 miners stricken with lung disease will find out whether or not they’ll be compensated.
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Follow photographer Thom Pierce on a journey to document the lived experiences of the class action representatives. The journey culminates with an exhibition and possibly certification of the class.
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CEOs know that they owe sick victims money, but are buying time while mine workers die, write Meeran and Mbuyisa.
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Two-day workshop marks the beginning of policy reforms that will make it easier for eligible miners to claim compensation.
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