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Johannesburg, 28 February 2023: Two years after The Tshiamiso Trust started processing claims for the historic R5 billion settlement agreement, the Trust has announced that the first billion rand has been paid over to 11,316 eligible silicosis and TB claimants

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1 February 2023: Following the resignation of Tshiamiso Trust Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Kotton, Lusanda Jiya was appointed as Acting Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 February 2023.

Johannesburg, 23 January 2023: The Tshiamiso Trust is joining other stakeholders on a roadshow to parts of Kwazulu-Natal from 23 January – 4 February 2023. The initiative is aimed at enabling access to benefits; allowing eligible claimants in Vryheid, Ulundi and Pongola and surrounding areas to lodge their claims and undergo Benefit Medical Examinations (BMEs) if necessary.

7 December 2022: The Board of the Tshiamiso Trust is sad to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Kotton, has tendered his resignation and will be leaving the Trust at the end of January 2023.

Eastern Cape, 29 August 2022: The Tshiamiso Trust is joining other stakeholders on a roadshow through the Eastern Cape from 29 August – 14 September 2022. The initiative is aimed at assisting claimants to access benefits that may be due to them.

Johannesburg, 08 July 2022: The Tshiamiso Trust has paid more than half a billion rand to 5 829 eligible silicosis and TB claimants and their families and is gaining increased momentum in processing claims.

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Johannesburg, 7 April 2022: Tshiamiso Trust is pleased to announce that it has successfully paid out over R320 million to 3 598 eligible claimants and their families. This milestone has been achieved in just over a year since the launch of the Trust’s claims management system.

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Johannesburg, 14 February 2022: It has come to the attention of the Tshiamiso Trust that former mineworkers continue to fall victim to touts who claim to be able to assist them with their silicosis and TB claims.

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Tshiamiso Trust is pleased to announce that the first batch of more than 100 compensation payments to claimants, beyond December’s pilot payments, has been processed.

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Johannesburg, 2 March 2021: The Tshiamiso Trust announced today initial progress in the launch last month of the claims process for prospective recipients of benefits for current and former mineworkers who have contracted silicosis or work-related tuberculosis on 82 gold mines in the decades since March 1965.

Johannesburg, 24 February 2021: The Tshiamiso Trust is very disturbed to have heard from our agents in the field of a new surge of fraudulent activity by individuals claiming that they are able to assist prospective claimants of silicosis and tuberculosis benefits, and demanding a fee for their services.

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Johannesburg, 4 December 2020: The Tshiamiso Trust is pleased to announce that it has made the first benefit payments since its establishment to six claimants.

INTRODUCTION
The Tshiamiso Trust was formally established in February 2020, after all legal processes had been completed and conditions met. The seven trustees had the task to establish complex operational structures set down in the Trust Deed that would pay benefits to tens of thousands of eligible beneficiaries over the next 13 years.

Johannesburg, 13 November 2020: The Tshiamiso Trust would like to issue a warning to people about the actions of dishonest individuals trying fraudulently to trick people into paying over money by falsely claiming to be able to assist them with their claims for silicosis and TB benefits from the Trust.

The trustees of the Tshiamiso Trust are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Daniel Kotton as CEO of the Trust.

The setting up of the Trust infrastructure and organisation is a huge task.  This note serves to outline the various critical items that need to be completed and the progress being made to get this done as quickly as possible.

The trustees of the Tshiamiso Trust are pleased to be able to advise of progress in the move towards establishing a claims system for eligible claimants who will become beneficiaries of the Tshiamiso Trust.

The Tshiamiso Trust, like the rest of South Africa and much of the world, is experiencing the impact of the corona virus. All the trustees, the members of the interim management team and various service providers are working from home, doing their best to remain safe and protected from infection

The Tshiamiso Trust was founded in terms of the class action settlement agreement concluded between six mining companies, some of their affiliates, the claimants’ representatives and the claimants’ attorneys.

Companies party to the silicosis settlement reached on 3 May 2018 of the silicosis and tuberculosis class action litigation, are pleased to announce that the settlement agreement has become effective.