Labour Ministry launches campaign to identify former miners

Maputo 9 Jul (AIM) – The Mozambican Labour Ministry, in partnership with the South African Mine Workers Provident Fund (MWPF), has launched a campaign to identify and to pay 285.6 million Rands (15.7 million dollars, at the current exchange rate) to 7,554 former miners who have not claimed their social security benefits.

The beneficiaries are former Mozambican miners who worked in the South African coal, gold and platinum mines between 1989 and 2023. These miners have retired, terminated their contracts or lost their lives. The measure intends to identify and pay unclaimed social security benefits to former miners or their relatives.

According to the permanent secretary of the Labour Ministry, Emídio Mavila, speaking, on Monday, in Maputo, the campaign expires on 20 July and covers the southern provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane.

“In the event of the miner’s death, the amount will be paid to his relatives. These relatives will have to bring with them supporting documents, a copy of their identity card or passport, a copy of the miner’s labour card, a receipt for the contract with recruitment agency TEBA and a bank account number”, he explained.

The list of beneficiaries is available at the National Social Security Institute (INSS) offices in Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane. A mobile unit (a vehicle equipped with a data system for former Mozambican miners) is also available.

For his part, the MWPF Chairperson, Muziwandile Ndlovo, said that the mobile unit, would be travelling to the locations in these three provinces announced by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

(AIM)

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