Court Approves Historic Class Action Settlement For South African Gold Mine Workers

MT. PLEASANT, S.C., July 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg granted final approval today of the historic settlement reached in May 2018 for thousands of South African gold mine workers and dependents of workers who developed tuberculosis, silicosis and other chronic illnesses after being exposed to toxic silica dust while working in the gold mines.