Articles for Pete Lewis

Silicosis: the shifting sands of compensation for sick miners

Demutualisation of insurer adds new twist

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Opinion | 28 March 2017

Silicosis: unpacking the gold mines’ strategy

Settlement plan as court date approaches

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Opinion | 27 March 2017

Setback for gold miners’ silicosis claims

Mining companies granted leave to appeal against class action ruling

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News | 22 September 2016

Silicosis: The gold mines’ ambitious plan

Gold mines bid to change the whole workers’ compensation system

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Analysis | 19 July 2016

Silicosis: Laduuuma! But who moved the goalposts?

Mining companies prepare a new strategy

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Analysis | 18 July 2016

Understanding the silicosis judgment

Hundreds of thousands of families could benefit from the class action lawsuit that can now take place

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Analysis | 16 May 2016

Silicosis: an epidemic of racism?

As the judges of the South Gauteng High Court prepare their findings in the massive silicosis class action case, Pete Lewis reflects on the failure of the compensation system to protect black mineworkers from the disease, condemning them to poverty and destitution.

Pete Lewis

Analysis | 27 October 2015

Tense wait for silicosis decision

Mineworkers with silicosis and TB will have to wait a while to find out whether they can be represented as a class in legal action for damages against the gold mines which employed them.

Pete Lewis

News | 26 October 2015

Silicosis case: mines are being obstructive, say miners’ lawyers

If the court did not decide in favour of the gold miners in the silicosis case, hundreds of thousands of sick miners and their families would not be heard, advocates for the mineworkers told the Gauteng High Court yesterday.

Pete Lewis

News | 23 October 2015