Mining Weekly reports that the Eastern Cape provincial government will, together with three national departments, be embarking from 18 to 21 April on an outreach programme to former mineworkers in the OR Tambo and Chris Hani district municipalities.
The outreach will aim to provide former miners with a one-stop-shop service to claim for outstanding benefits. The programme will start at the Ngqeleni Methodist Church on 18 April before moving to the Libode Town Hall on 19 April and the eNgcobo Indoor Sports Centre on 20 and 21 April. The programme will include screening, verification, medical examination and payment of benefits to eligible former mineworkers who have contracted tuberculosis or silicosis while working at various mines between March 1965 and October 2019. The outreach will be implemented with various mining industry stakeholders to enable eligible former mineworkers or their beneficiaries to submit claims for compensation. Government has urged claimants to bring all relevant documents such as their identity documents, employment cards and service records from their former employers, as well as available medical records, death certificates, if relevant, and autopsy reports, if available.
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