SA’s deputy minister of Health, Sibongiseni Dhlomo, says more than 230-million-rand has been paid to former mineworker

SA’s deputy minister of Health, Sibongiseni Dhlomo, says more than 230-million-rand has been paid to former mineworkers, who were injured or have contracted respiratory-related illnesses on duty. This forms part of a government programme that seeks to track, trace, and provide compensation, pension, and provident funds to eligible ex-mineworkers who worked in the mines from 1965 to 2019. Dhlomo says at least 20-thousand former mineworkers have been reached through this programme.