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| Jubilant family members and miners' supporters outside the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on May 13, 2016 after the judge allowed a class action against mining companies over the respiratory disease silicosis. Image credit: BBC |
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lawyer representing miners (C) speaks to journalists outside the South Gauteng
High Court in Johannesburg on May 13, 2016, after the judge allowed a class
action against mining companies over the respiratory disease silicosis ©Mujahid
Safodien (AFP)
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Families of former mine
workers and their supporters cheered when they heard that the court had ruled
in favour of their class action.
