Cape Town - Former mineworkers are ready to battle fund managers in a Gauteng court next month for their unpaid pension and provident funds.
Cape Town-based lawyer Barnabas Xulu lodged papers at the High Court in Pretoria last week.
The matter will be heard on May 27.
Xulu is acting on behalf of 1 000 former mineworkers but he said he knows of at least 50 000 who are still waiting for their pension and provident fund payouts.
“We know that many of the ex-miners are illiterate and are from remote areas.
“Their rights have never been explained to them by their employers or fund managers.”
Late last year Xulu won a court case against the Labour Department, compelling it to pay former mineworkers their unclaimed unemployment benefits.
Weekend Argus