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NUM to demand 'justice' for silicosis sufferers at Anglo AGM [So. Africa]
โฆSouth Africaโs National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) planned to attendโฆAnglo Americanโs annual general meetingโฆto demand โjusticeโ for former gold miners suffering from silicosisโฆNUM presidentโฆaccused the mining giantโs board of โprocrastinating for the last 20 yearsโ and demanded the company pay for testing, healthcare and decent compensation for ex-miners and their families who were suffering with the consequences of silicosis, particularly tuberculosisโฆAnglo Americanโฆ[said] that it, along with industry, government and civil society partners, shared โcommon objectivesโ to improve the access to and quality of healthcare for all disadvantaged South AfricansโฆโWe understand that partnership must be at the very heart of our approach in tackling not only health but broader sustainable development issues we face,โโฆThe Trade Union Congress, Action for Southern Africa and the London Mining Network would also protestโฆin London, where the AGM was taking placeโฆ[Also refers to AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, Goldfields]