365 Esidimeni victims still not paid compensation
26 February 2019
365 victims of the Life Esidimeni tragedy have still not been paid compensation as determined by Justice Dikgang Moseneke’s Arbitration ruling.
This was revealed today by Premier David Makhura in an oral reply to my questions today in the Gauteng Legislature.
Makhura said that R164 million had been paid to 134 claimants who were part of the arbitration process, and also to an additional four new claimants.
According to Makhura, a verification process involving the Master of the High Court has to be done for the remaining 365 claimants as there are disputes as to the rightful person for each claim. He did not expect the payments to take that long in terms of the agreed process.