Stories around former mineworkers are always heart breaking as many of them are either injured or suffering from some type of respiratory disease which leaves them in poverty. Well there’s some light at the end of the tunnel for them following intervention from the South African National Energy Development Institute and the Mineworkers Development Agency. They have signed a Partnership Agreement that will see the organisations partnering to bring relief to the country’s former mineworkers and their communities in the wake of mine closures and the ever-growing prevalence of mining “ghost towns” and other poverty stricken areas.

Guest: David Mahuma – General Manager at the South African National Energy Development Institute