An improved integrated process to aid former mineworkers battling with pension and provident fund claims would be rolled out across major historical mine labour sending areas following the conclusion of a pilot project in the Eastern Cape earlier this week. The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and the Financial Services Board gathered the records, including old pay slips, Chamber of Mines industry numbers, old dom pass identity numbers, provident and pension fund letters and old Teba mining company cards, of all the former mineworkers in Port Elizabeth, Kwazakhele, Daku Square, Dibanisa Road and eBhayi to track and trace any potential benefits due, some of which dated back to the 1970s.
