Our activities & achievements

Dying For Gold documentary screenings at the Harlem Film Festival and the Sydney South African Film Festival.

JFM Eastern Cape continue engagements with Lusikisiki municipality on the plight of ex-miners and their access to compensation. Visits to communities in Lusikisiki.

JFM officially registers as NPC and NPO. Electing board members and finalising management structure of JFM NPC.

JFM monitoring of Tshiamiso Trust lodgement sites stopped by Tshiamiso Trust. Raising concerns again about Tshiamiso Trust accountability and transparency.

JFM partner SARW hold a workshop on Unpaid Benefits due to ex-miners.

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JFM Lesotho chapter held open info sessions in district of Quthing -ha Sempe, Mokanametsong.

JFM visit Tshiamiso Trust BME site in Welkom and raise serious concerns about BME examinations done.

Presentation by Dr Botes from Harmony Gold on unpaid benefits to ex-miners made to JFM SC.

JFM Eastern Cape met with the chief whip of Lusikisiki Municipality highlighting the plight of ex-miners' compensation for lung diseases.

Dying For Gold documentary screening in Khutsong, Carletonville.

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JFM Eastern Cape chapter meetings with civil society organisations in Flagstaff and Lusikisiki.

JFM chapters continue to receive reports from Tshiamiso Trust claimants who have experienced delays in Tshiamiso claims being processed.

JFM Botswana meetings in GoodHope, Ramotswa and Mochudi chiefs and Headmen. Concerns raised that Tshiamiso Trust have not opened sites in Botswana.

JFM Welkom chapter hosts workshop for JFM monitors on how to monitor lung function tests.

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Tshiamiso Trust advisory meeting.
Dying For Gold opens the Rustenburg film festival.
JFM Eswatini Chapter training.

JFM Botswana chapter travelled to Kanye,Palapye and Molepolole, meeting Yo O Dithetsenyana, traditional leaders and ex-miners.

JFM Lesotho chapter team hosted info sessions in Quthing district, Tshoili-Tsoili, Maseru industrial area, meeting with ex-miners, families, chief and councilor.

JFM continues to insist that the Tshiamiso Trust uphold the requirements of the trust deed I.R.O. opening or establishing post-mortem facilities accessible to claimants families.

JFM continues to insist that Tshiamiso Trust give claimants reasons for rejection of claims.

JFM continues to insist that TEBA and gold mining companies provide the data needed by the Tshiamiso Trust to find eligible claimants.

1st JFM annual Conference.
JFM Welkom/Freestate chapter training.

JFM Eastern Cape meeting with Eastern Cape counsel of Ex-miners

JFM Lesotho met with members of the Lesotho cabinet, met with ex-miners in Mokhotlong, Berea district and Maseru.

JFM website goes live.
JFM Youtube channel is launched.
Dying For Gold screenings in Holland and United Kingdom.
Dying For Gold wins the Jury Award for Best Feature film at the Humans of Film Festival.
And the Ndinadsawapanga award at the I Will Tell Film Festival.
Tshiamiso Trust meeting.
JFM Lesotho chapter live on radio and meeting.
JFM Botswana chapter induction and chapter training.

JFM Mozambique finds ex-miners in Inhambane have little info on Tshiamiso Trust.

Tshiamiso Trust prevent JFM monitors from monitoring claims process at TEBA sites.

Meetings with OMP's.
JFM attended Tshiamiso Trust AGM.
JFM Botswana chapter training.
JFM Welkom/Freestate chapter training members on monitoring lung function tests.

JFM Lesotho chapter invited to speak to youth in Mafeteng, interview with Ntate Booi on Radio Lesotho.

JFM Mozambique chapter visited Tshiamiso Lodgement sites in Maputo, Xai-Xai, Chokwe, chibutu and Inhambane. Concerns raised as there are still no BME sites open in Mozambique.

JFM Botswana chapter is launched.
Dying For Gold screenings in Slovenia and Belgium.
Tshiamiso Trust meeting.

Monthly meetings with the Tshiamiso Trust have begun.

JFM attends inaugural meeting of Tshiamiso Trust Technical Advisory Committee meeting.
JFM monitoring of Tshaimiso lodgement sites.

JFM starts to assist Tshiamiso Trust claimants with appeals I.R.O. disputed refections and eligibility for compensation from the Trust.

JFM meeting with Tshiamiso Trust.
JFM monitoring of Tshiamiso lodgement sites.

Tshiamiso Trust briefing – announcing that since setting up of the trust only 7 claims have been paid.  
50 lodgement sites launched across the Southern Africa region.
JFM holds workshop for JFM monitors on  the Tshiamiso Trust.
JFM facilitates workshop with Botswana ex-miner organisations and supporting organizations.

JFM formalizes management structure into JFM steering committee and JFM Management committee.
JFM Strategy plans are formally adopted.
JFM 2nd annual Civil Society forum hosted by Nelson Mandela Foundation online.
JFM attends inaugural preparatory Tshiamiso Trust Technical Advisory Committee meeting.
JFM attends Tshiamiso Trust deed training workshop.
JFM releases press statement from JFM forum – support for JFM, concerns about Tshiamiso Trust lack of progress, recommendations and observations of compensation system.

JFM 1st face to face meeting with Tshiamiso Trust, Johannesburg.
JFM social media training Free State Chapter.
JFM launch of radio PSA's informing potential claimants of touts and introducing JFM campaign chapters with phone numbers.

JFM development of activist training tools via google classroom.

JFM Eastern Cape Chapter launch.
Tshiamiso Trust appoints Daniel Kotton as CEO.
JFM Lesotho Chapter activist and social media training.
JFM Free State Chapter launch.

JFM meeting with claimants' agent and other class representatives.

2nd meeting with Tshiamiso Trust.

JFM releases press statement on slow progress of Tshiamiso Trust.

1st meeting with JFM and Tshiamiso Trust online.

Realign JFM campaign to work under lockdown.

JFM releases press statement concerned about ex-miners and their vulnerability to COVID19 due to the prevalence of their lung diseases – silicosis & TB.

Completion of report on current status of compulsory Occupational mining lung disease insurance under the ODMWA (Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act). Focusing on shortcomings and recommendations.
COVID lockdown commences.

Launch of Mozambique chapter.
Protest action at Mining Indaba.
Completion of Unpaid benefits report.
Tshiamiso Trust is set up.

Launch of JFM Lesotho and Eswatini chapter.

Workshop to create JFM facilitators guide.

JFM campaign inaugural meeting with JFM forum and launch of JFM campaign.

Opening of Mining Bodies exhibition at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

Court approves settlement of the silicosis and TB class action.

World Premiere Dying For Gold in Toronto at the Hotdocs international film festival.

Dying For Gold film – South African premiere at Rapid Lion Film Festival, Johannesburg (Winner–best documentary).

Meeting of civil society organisations to introduce idea of JFM campaign to support workers accessing compensation facilitated by Heinrich Boëll Foundation, Cape Town. SARW comes on board to host JFM campaign.