{"id":247222,"date":"2023-01-13T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T08:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/deputy-ministers-to-embark-on-ex-miners-compensation-outreach-programme\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T10:52:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T08:52:06","slug":"deputy-ministers-to-embark-on-ex-miners-compensation-outreach-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/deputy-ministers-to-embark-on-ex-miners-compensation-outreach-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Ministers to embark on ex-miners compensation outreach programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202301\/sibongisenidhlomo.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Deputy Health Minister, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, will embark on the ex-mineworkers compensation fund outreach programme in KwaZulu-Natal to sensitise stakeholders about the unclaimed social protection benefits by ex-mineworkers amounting to R10 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour, Boitumelo Moloi and the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane will join Dhlomo in the drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe programme is part of government\u2019s efforts to track, trace and pay the former mine workers or their dependents who qualify for compensation funds, class action settlement funds and pension\/ provident funds,\u201d a media statement read on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the media release, the Deputy Ministers will meet the traditional leaders and other invited stakeholders as part of the \u201csensitisation\u201d efforts of the programme within communities.<\/p>\n<p>The outreach will kick start on Monday, 16 January 2023, in Pongola and will wrap up on Wednesday in Ulundi, where the team will also visit schools around the area.<\/p>\n<p>This will be followed by the planned community engagements that will unlock and facilitate the payment of compensation through cash transfers to the ex-mineworkers or their dependants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health said it will conduct screening for the presence of mine-related lung diseases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese events are only open to the invited stakeholders, traditional leaders and media. Public events are planned for the following week.\u201d \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Health Minister, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, will embark on the ex-mineworkers compensation fund outreach programme in KwaZulu-Natal to sensitise stakeholders about the unclaimed social protection benefits by ex-mineworkers amounting to R10 billion. 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