He said of this amount, R69 million was paid to Seri-SA on behalf of 35 of the 36 families it represented. At that point, the families’ attorneys brought up the issue of general and constitutional damages.
There will be disparities because we have small and big families, and the offer means someone is offered more than R200 000 for their emotional suffering and grief, and the other one gets about R25 000 for the same damage.“It should be understood that the smallest family we represent have only two members and the biggest is made up of 19 people. The state wants to go to both families and tell them they are offered different amounts,” Zondo said.
We don’t have a bottomless budget. Any amount the state pays must be fair, just and reasonable under the circumstances.Pandelani said the R170 million paid since 2018 was for, among others, loss of support, unlawful arrest and detention and personal injuries. According to Pandelani, Nkome Attorneys represented 275 claimants, and has been paid R97.6 million to date.He said only 253 claimants settled on the offer and the state was still in negotiations with 11 claimants. There were still issues with another other 11 claimants whose law firm has been unable to locate them or cannot send its clients for verification by the state.
Families of Esidimeni victims were paid 1.2mil....... Let’s start there...!
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