These are former miners who worked for more than 30 years in the mines of neighboring South Africa and now find themselves left with one hand in front and the other behind.
The first of their demands is the payment of their retirement pensions and survivors’ pensions to the widows and orphans of the ex-miners. Although they have submitted – at TEBA and at the Ministry of Labor and Social Security – all the necessary documents to receive their pensions, these payments have not been made for more than 10 years, putting them in a situation of misery and suffering.
All citizens have the right to assistance in the event of disability and in old age1 , this social protection is independent of color, race, sex, ethnic origin, place of birth, religion, level of education, social status, parents’ marital status or profession .