Former gold miners and relatives of deceased former miners on Friday reached a landmark settlement, in excess of R500-million, in their long-running legal battle against mining giants Anglo American South Africa and AngloGold Ashanti. A trust, Q(h)ubeka, would be set up under the settlement and would see R464-million paid in for distribution, while a further amount would be paid to assist the trust to enable payment of Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (ODMWA) compensation to claimants who qualified for it.
