Miners fume in R83m Sasol case

26 April 2015 - 02:00
By CHANTELLE BENJAMIN and LUCKY BIYASE

"When you get sick, they tell you that you cannot work in the coal mines any more. But you cannot get compensation because they [also] say you can still work somewhere else," says former Sasol Mining employee Lindani Mkhwanazi. Mkhwanazi and 21 other employees, all in their 50s, lodged a R83-million damages claim against Sasol's mining arm in the Johannesburg High Court this month.

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