A Trust moves to strip thousands of sick and dying miners of their only route to compensation

Thousands of former gold mineworkers—many of whom are elderly, critically ill, or have already passed away—now face the devastating prospect of being denied the compensation they were promised. This crisis emerged after the trustees of the Tshiamiso Trust quietly moved to strip legal standing from a vital category of medical certificates. Mondli Makhanya spoke to Ziyanda Manjati Justice for Miners chapter head of Eastern Cape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.