Mozambique: More than 3,000 former mine workers in South Africa to receive pensions

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Mozambique: More than 3,000 former mine workers in South Africa to receive pensions

4:00 CAT | 09 Jul 2024

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Lusa]

The Mozambican government announced on Monday (08-07) that more than 3,000 former Mozambican miners in South Africa will receive pensions, and action is underway to identify the beneficiaries.

“These beneficiaries result from the death, dismissal, termination of contracts or retirement of miners,” said Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Emídio Mavila, adding that the initiative covers former employees or their dependents from the provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane, all in southern Mozambique.

At a press conference yesterday, Mavila said that the campaign to identify and pay unclaimed benefits to former miners started on Monday and will run until July 20. It is being carried out by the South African Mineworkers Provident Fund, an institution that provides social assistance to miners from Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

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Emídio Mavila clarified that the initiative covers 3,087 former mine workers, with a fund of R285,581,885 (€14.5 million), and should benefit former workers active from 1989 to 2023 in platinum, coal and gold mines.

Mavila also stated that posts for former miners to consult the lists have been created, and potential beneficiaries must present copies of their identity card or passport, worker identification card, payment receipt or copy of a contract with the Employment Bureau of Africa (TEBA), a labour recruiting agency for the South African mining industry, and their bank account number.

The Mozambican government, in coordination with the South African Mineworkers Provident Fund, will also use community radio stations to facilitate access to information by beneficiaries or their dependents.

Source: Lusa