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Lesotho miners helped to claim unpaid benefits

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A two-week campaign will help former and current Lesotho mineworkers claim their unpaid benefits from 19 to 30 October. Minister Ts’eliso Mokhosi announced the mobilisation of several organisations across five districts and warned against fraudsters, according to Thereporter.

The Lesotho Ministry of Labour and Employment will organise a two-week campaign from 19 to 30 October to help former and current Basotho mineworkers claim their unpaid benefits, Labour and Employment Minister Ts’eliso Mokhosi announced at a press conference held on Thursday, according to Thereporter.

The campaign will notably bring together the Mineworkers Provident Fund to facilitate mineworkers’ access to their entitlements. It also aims to protect them from fraudsters who demand money to carry out their procedures, while the ministry has long been receiving complaints from former mineworkers who have still not received their benefits, according to Ts’eliso Mokhosi.

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