Export coal miner Exxaro is the latest company to face a class action for allegedly failing to implement the necessary safety measures to protect coal miners from contracting illness linked to their work conditions.

This is the third in its series of class actions against coal-mining companies filed by human rights lawyer Richard Spoor “in ongoing efforts to seek justice for workers facing unacceptable conditions within the coal mining industry”...

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