ANA reports that the Department of Labour (DoL) on Wednesday expressed its appreciation for the overwhelming turnout of former mineworkers in the John Taolo Gaetswewe (JTG) district, in the Northern Cape, who heeded the call to make applications for unclaimed benefits.  

The campaign has witnessed a turnout of 3,279 potential applications since its launch on 30 May.  The DoL team managed to take 758 applications and 2,521 potential applicants were issued bank forms to fill in and return.  The campaign, which is aimed at former mineworkers who left employment in the mines prior to April 2002, was successfully rolled out in the JTG district from 13 to 16 August, targeting Kuruman and surrounding villages, as well as the Bothitong and Dithakong areas.  The campaign will continue in Cassel (3 September), Loopeng (4 September), Kathu (5 September) and Heuningsvlei (6 September), including mop-up work in Kuruman on 22 and 23 August to assist potential applicants who were turned away owing to high influx.  The campaign will soon shift focus to the ZF Mgcawu district, in the Northern Cape.

• This short report is at Mining Weekly

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