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Business Report writes that the Tshiamiso Trust, which is responsible for carrying out the terms of the R5bn settlement between six mining companies and thousands of gold mine workers who contracted silicosis and tuberculosis in SA mines, said on Tuesday that it had been successful in reaching claimants and the beginning of the flow of payments was imminent.
“In the four-and-a-half months since our claims system opened, more than 34,400 claimant appointments have been made, and 31,820 claims lodged as of Thursday, July 1,” said spokesperson Monako Dibetle. The lion’s share of the claims was lodged by mineworkers from Lesotho, while the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, North West and Mozambique also accounted for thousands of claims. Presently Tshiamiso has 54 operational sites across the Southern African Development Community. The trust was established two years ago to ensure that thousands of eligible claimants receive their compensation. The companies that are party to the agreement are African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American SA, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Harmony and Sibanye-Stillwater. Employees who worked on SA’s gold mines between March 1965 and December 2019 and who contracted silicosis and tuberculosis are eligible to claim. Dibetle said that the beginning of the flow of payments to claimants with valid claims was imminent. “The trust expects to make announcements in this regard before the end of July,” Dibetle indicated.
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