The Johannesburg High Court has approved the landmark R5bn settlement reached between gold mining companies and workers suffering from silicosis and other occupational lung diseases.
Friday’s court approval is one step closer to the establishment of a trust that will ensure eligible claimants can, at last, be paid out after four years of painstaking negotiations...
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