Articles for Pete Lewis
Silicosis: the shifting sands of compensation for sick miners
Demutualisation of insurer adds new twist
By Pete Lewis
Opinion | 28 March 2017
Silicosis: unpacking the gold mines’ strategy
Settlement plan as court date approaches
By Pete Lewis
Opinion | 27 March 2017
Setback for gold miners’ silicosis claims
Mining companies granted leave to appeal against class action ruling
By Pete Lewis
News | 22 September 2016
Silicosis: The gold mines’ ambitious plan
Gold mines bid to change the whole workers’ compensation system
By Pete Lewis
Analysis | 19 July 2016
Silicosis: Laduuuma! But who moved the goalposts?
Mining companies prepare a new strategy
By Pete Lewis
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
By Pete Lewis
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