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Mr Kevin Kiewits, senior partner at Abrahams Kiewitz Incorporated Attorney has been elected president of the Western Province Footbal Union. Read more
BBC World Service- “The township kid who took on the gold industry”.
BBC World Service conducted an interview with Charles Abrahams, senior partner at Abrahams Kiewitz Inc Attorneys about how he ended up suing the gold industry. Watch interview on BBC.
On Monday 6 February 2023 the Johannesburg Supreme Court of Appeal delivered a ruling dismissing the appeal by DRD Gold and East Rand Proprietary Mines Ltd against the ground breaking silicosis and TB class action. Read ruling online.
20 August 2019- UCT’s team central role in R 5 bn settlement-UCT News.
University of Cape Town (UCT) academics Dr Shahieda Adams and Professor Mohamed Jeebhay were part of a team that played an integral role in providing technical medical input to the legal arguments in South Africa’s historic R5-billion settlement for the gold miners who contracted silicosis and/or pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at work. Read more.
Polity Interview with Charles Abrahams- “Class Action: In pursuit of a larger life- Charles Abrahams”
Charles Abrahams is a world-class lawyer who sued multinationals for colluding with the apartheid government, but at twelve he was determined to become a world-famous heart surgeon. Then a school inspector shattered his dream: coloured children from the Cape Flats ‘should not aim too high’. Watch interview on Youtube
2 August 2019- Silicosis case settlement brings relief.
Tshegofatso Mathe writes in the Mail and Guardian about the recent silicosis class action. Read more.
26 July 2019- Court Approves R 5 bn settlement in lengthy silicosis battle- 26 July 2019, Radio 702
Justice has finally been served for thousands of workers who contracted silicosis while employed in mines owned by companies including AngloGold Ashanti and Anglo American. Read more.
27 July 2019- Landmark silicosis ruling a huge relief- Finance 24
The approval by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for a landmark R5bn settlement with ill gold miners has been broadly welcomed by the affected parties. Read more.
27 July 2019- Landmark silicosis ruling a huge relief- Finance 24
The approval by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for a landmark R5bn settlement with ill gold miners has been broadly welcomed by the affected parties. Read more.
16 October 2015 Silicosis case poised to rewrite law books. Mail and Guardian.
Sarah Evans writes about the application lodged with the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for a landmark R5bn settlement with ill gold miners has been broadly welcomed by the affected parties. Read more.
16 October 2015 Silicosis case poised to rewrite law books. Mail and Guardian.
Sarah Evans writes about the application lodged with the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for a landmark R5bn settlement with ill gold miners has been broadly welcomed by the affected parties. Read more.
9 October 2015 – Lawsuit for miners with terminal illness begins. Independent Online.
Sakgopi Mabotja writes about the silicosis class action which is a bid for mineworkers and their families left destitute as a result of contracting terminal diseases. Read more.