Silicosis-stricken ex-miners blame Anglo for their condition, take mining giant to court

South Africa’s gold-mining industry has employed up to half-a-million workers at any time over the past hundred-plus years of mining, and claims have been doing the rounds that thousands of mineworkers have contracted lung diseases because...

Asbestos-related disease sufferers receive R147,5m

There are many undetected diseases in the pipeline and we need to protect young people from further exposure to asbestos, argued Brian Gibson, chairperson of the asbestos-related diseases compensatory fund, the Kgalagadi Relief Trust, at an...

Research into health effects of platinum-mining

The South African National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH) is currently undertaking research on the potential health effects of platinum refining on mineworkers in the platinum industry, reports NIOH Pathology Division research project...

Despite closure, asbestos mines still leaving death in their wake

More than 15 years after the closure of South Africa���s last asbestos mines, communities who live in the vicinity of these mines in the Kgalagadi district, in the Northern Cape, are still suffering the deadly consequences of asbestos...

New drug brings hope to asbestos-related lung-cancer sufferers

Although not a miracle cure, a new approved anticancer agent, now commercially available in the South African market, will bring new hope to patients suffering from mesothelioma.

SA faces big asbestos site rehabilitation challenge

South Africa faces a bigger asbestos problem than the US as a result of the local types' different morphologies.

Measures to address asbestos pollution in N West

The pupils of Ncweng Primary School in the Kgalagadi District Municipality will soon have a new school, away from their current premises that is undergoing asbestos rehabilitation.

Gold-miner and computer mogul team up to fight TB

South Africa is about to launch into a fresh tuberculosis (TB) research study that could lead to a radical new way of managing and preventing the lung disease in high-risk communities.

Targeting TB

Gold-miner teams up with computer mogul to fight tuberculosis

Big rehab needed at 40 asbestos mines

The Department of Minerals and Energy Affairs needs R15-million a year for the next 10 to 15 years if it is to rehabilitate more than 40 abandoned asbestos-mines across South Africa. The department has already rehabilitated 51 asbestos-mines since...