In the Northern Cape, former mineworkers and their families live with lung-destroying diseases and barely survive financially.

Delays in the department of labour added to dying pensioner’s distress.

A ministry is caring for Swazi Aids orphans in the abandoned mining town of Bulembu in northern Swaziland, despite health warnings.

Daniel Thakamakau, a South African miner who allegedly contracted TB after digging gold for Anglo American, has demanded compensation.