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Recognizing the full costs of care? Compensation for families in South Africa’s silicosis class action

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Goldblatt, Beth and Rai, Shirin (2017) Recognizing the full costs of care? Compensation for families in South Africa’s silicosis class action. Social & Legal Studies, 27 (6). pp. 671-694. doi:10.1177/0964663917739455

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0964663917739455

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Abstract

This article concerns recognition and compensation of the intimate, gendered work of caring by family members for workers who became ill with lung diseases as a result of poor labour conditions in the mines in South Africa. It focuses on a recent decision by a court in South Africa (Nkala and Others v. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and Others, 2016) that took the unusual step of acknowledging this care work and attempting to compensate it indirectly. The article combines insights from political economy and law within a feminist frame to develop an argument about compensation for social reproductive work to address the harm experienced by the carers of mineworkers. Using the theory of depletion through social reproduction, it suggests ways of understanding the costs of care in order to fully compensate the harms suffered by the carers. This is done with reference to a photographic essay by Thom Pierce called ‘The Price of Gold’ taken in the mineworkers’ homes after their discharge from work due to illness. The article argues that ideas of depletion should inform any consideration of compensation of people engaged in caring in a range of reparatory contexts.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Industrial accidents, Caregivers -- Economic aspects -- South Africa, Silicosis -- Social aspects -- South Africa, Workers' compensation claims -- South Africa
Journal or Publication Title: Social & Legal Studies
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 0964-6639
Official Date: 1 December 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
1 December 2017Published
15 November 2017Available
8 October 2017Accepted
Volume: 27
Number: 6
Page Range: pp. 671-694
DOI: 10.1177/0964663917739455
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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