South Africa: Payments to Sick Miners in Lesotho Resume After Fraud Scare

Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases reports fraud of R1.4-million

• South Africa’s Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases (MBOD) has resumed payments of compensation to former miners in Lesotho.
• Payments were suspended in 2024 after the MBOD lost R1.4-million to fraudulent death claims in Lesotho.
• MBOD compensates former miners who contracted disease in South African mines.
• Meanwhile, the Tshiamiso Trust has detected a different pattern of fraud, involving a small number of…