{"id":265949,"date":"2025-07-10T09:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/?p=265949"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:11:13","slug":"asbesblootstelling-se-dodelike-spoor-bly-agter-lank-na-myne-gesluit-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/asbesblootstelling-se-dodelike-spoor-bly-agter-lank-na-myne-gesluit-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Asbesblootstelling se dodelike spoor bly agter lank n\u00e1 myne gesluit is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>(<\/strong>To read the<strong> English version, <\/strong>click<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/cathedral-in-kimberley-lit-blue-to-raise-awareness-of-persisting-asbestos-dangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Om bewusmaking te skep dat die gevaar verbonde aan asbesblootstelling nie verby is nie, en om moontlike lyers oor lewensbedreigende siektetoestande n\u00e1 blootstelling aan di\u00e9 veselagtige silikaatmineraal in te lig, is die St. Cyprian-katedraal in Kimberley op Vrydagaand 4 Julie in blou verlig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Daar is nooit enige veilige vlak vir blootstelling aan asbes nie,&#8221; s\u00ea Tracey Wood van die Glynnis Gale-stigting. Sy en Paul Wood van Enviro Investigations het die simboliese verligting van die katedraal gelei. Op di\u00e9 dag is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mesothelioma.uk.com\/amd25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aksie Mesotelioomdag<\/a> in verskeie ander lande oor die w\u00eareld heen herdenk vir slagoffers van mesotelioom en asbesverwante siektes, en om bewustheid hieroor te skep. Mesotelioom is &#8216;n seldsame en aggressiewe kanker veroorsaak deur die inaseming van asbesvesels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"265950\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/asbesblootstelling-se-dodelike-spoor-bly-agter-lank-na-myne-gesluit-is\/dscn9053_53469\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9053_53469.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"St Cyphrian&amp;#8217;s\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Die St. Cyphrian&amp;#8217;s-katedraal in Kimberley, in blou verlig op Vrydagaand 4 Julie om Aksie Mesotelioomdag te herdenk. Di\u00e9 dag word oor die w\u00eareld heen herdenk vir slagoffers van mesotelioom en asbesverwante siektes. Foto: Helena Barnard&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Die St. Cyphrian&amp;#8217;s-katedraal in Kimberley, in blou verlig op Vrydagaand 4 Julie om Aksie Mesotelioomdag te herdenk. Di\u00e9 dag word oor die w\u00eareld heen herdenk vir slagoffers van mesotelioom en asbesverwante siektes. Foto: Helena Barnard&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9053_53469-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9053_53469-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"St Cyphrian's Cathedral\" class=\"wp-image-265950\" style=\"width:703px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9053_53469-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9053_53469-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9053_53469-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9053_53469.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die St. Cyprian-katedraal in Kimberley, in blou verlig op Vrydagaand 4 Julie om Aksie Mesotelioomdag te herdenk. Di\u00e9 dag word ook in verskeie ander lande herdenk vir slagoffers van mesotelioom en asbesverwante siektes. Die kleur blou is gekies vanwe\u00eb die blou skynsel wat in asbes voorkom. Foto: Helena Barnard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Suid-Afrika was een van die w\u00eareld se voorste produsente van asbes, met uitgebreide mynboubedrywighede in gemeenskappe soos Prieska en Kuruman in die Noord-Kaap, asook Pomfret in die Noordwes-provinsie, en Penge in Limpopo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die asbesmynbedryf het beduidende winste vir maatskappye en buitelandse markte gebring. Hoewel die laaste asbesmyne in Suid-Afrika in 2001 produksie gestaak het, en die gebruik van alle soorte asbes teen 2008 verbied is, het dit &#8216;n dodelike spoor agtergelaat. Mesotelioom en ander asbesverwante siektetoestande het die lewe van duisende mense oor Suid-Afrika heen ge\u00ebis. Mense ly steeds weens asbesblootstelling &#8211; lank nadat die mynproduksie gestaak het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-base-3-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p>Een studie het bevind dat die Noord-Kaap die hoogste aantal mesotelioom-sterftes gehad het en kenners glo dat gevalle in Suid-Afrika &#8216;n geweldige onderaanmelding het. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In van die gevalle is &#8216;n latente tydperk van 20 tot 40 jaar aangemeld, en is die gemiddelde ouderdom by diagnose 63 jaar. Diegene wat op &#8216;n jong ouderdom aan asbes blootgestel is, is die meeste geneig om mesotelioom te ontwikkel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mesotelioom-meestal-kwaadaardig-tas-in-die-meeste-gevalle-die-longe-aan\">Mesotelioom meestal kwaadaardig; tas in die meeste gevalle die longe aan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mesotelioom lei tot &#8216;n kankeragtige tumor in die mesotelium, &#8216;n membraan wat die longe, hart en die buikholte beskerm. Drie soorte mesotelioom kom voor, naamlik: pleurale mesotelioom, wat in die voering van die longe ontwikkel; peritoneale mesotelioom, wat die binnekant van die buikholte aantas; en perikardiale mesotelioom, wat aan die binnekant van die hart ontwikkel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens survivingmesothelioma.com is mesotelioom in die meeste gevalle kwaadaardig, met pleurale mesotelioom wat in die meeste gevalle voorkom.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracey Wood vertel dat verkeerde diagnoses gereeld weens die voorkoms van siektes soos tuberkulose (TB), MIV en Vigs gemaak word. Boonop is dit nie net voormalige asbesmynwerkers wat deur asbesblootstelling geraak word nie. Hul gesinne wat in die mynomgewing gewoon het, is ook geraak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"266098\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/asbesblootstelling-se-dodelike-spoor-bly-agter-lank-na-myne-gesluit-is\/dscn9059\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9059.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,3413\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX P530&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1751657798&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCN9059\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9059-768x1024.jpg\" data-id=\"266098\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9059-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9059-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9059-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"266100\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/asbesblootstelling-se-dodelike-spoor-bly-agter-lank-na-myne-gesluit-is\/dscn9060-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9060-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,3413\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX P530&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1751657841&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;15.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSCN9060\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9060-3-768x1024.jpg\" data-id=\"266100\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9060-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9060-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCN9060-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In die 1970&#8217;s was Suid-Afrika die derde grootste asbesprodusent ter w\u00eareld, naas Kanada en Rusland, aldus asbestos.com. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die asbesmynbedryf in Suid-Afrika het in 1977 sy hoogtepunt bereik toe dit 20 000 mynwerkers in diens gehad het en &#8216;n produksie van 380 000 ton behaal het. Uitvoer het kort daarna begin daal weens bewyse dat die gebruik van asbes ernstige gesondheidskomplikasies inhou. Dit het lande oor die w\u00eareld heen aangespoor om beperkende wetgewing rakende asbesgebruik in te stel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ongeag daarvan dat die gebruik van alle soorte asbes in Suid-Afrika verbied is, het di\u00e9 eens winsgewende bedryf die omgewing waarin dit gemyn is, besoedeld gelaat. Soms is van die ongeveer 600 asbesmyne in Suid-Afrika n\u00e1 sluiting nie behoorlik gerehabiliteer nie, met gevolglike gesondheidsgevare. Van di\u00e9 myne is op kleinskaal en blykbaar privaat bedryf. Die risiko van asbesblootstelling bedreig daarom steeds die welstand van gemeenskappe in Suid-Afrika. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><blockquote><p>\u201cOns verlig die St. Cyprian-katedraal om te s\u00ea: Hierdie lewens het saakgemaak, en ons het nog werk om te doen.\u201d<\/p><cite>Tracey Wood<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stigting-bevorder-bewusmaking-opvoeding-oor-mesotelioom\">Stigting bevorder bewusmaking, opvoeding oor mesotelioom<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Glynnis Gale-stigting, &#8216;n nie-winsgewende organisasie, is genoem na Glynnis de Klerk wat haar lewe weens mesotelioom verloor het nadat sy aan asbes in haar grimering blootgestel is. Di\u00e9 stigting beywer hom vir geregtigheid, verhoog bewustheid oor die voortdurende gevare van asbesblootstelling, en ondersteun diegene wat deur asbesverwante siektes geraak word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"266102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/asbesblootstelling-se-dodelike-spoor-bly-agter-lank-na-myne-gesluit-is\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266102\" style=\"width:478px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/499486927_1152769396885273_5092385689537153701_n.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Foto: Facebook\/Glynnis Gale Foundation <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Om die gehalte van inligting hieroor te verbeter, en ook die vlak van kundigheid in mesotelioomdiagnose, -behandeling en -sorg binne die gesondheidsorggemeenskap te verbeter, is nog &#8216;n mikpunt van die stigting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die stigting poog om deur bewusmaking en opvoeding meer mense oor die gevare van asbesblootstelling in te lig, en om te help dat meer gevalle van mesotelioom vroe\u00ebr opgespoor word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regseise-regspanne-mediese-kundiges-ondersteun-onderneming\">Regseise, regspanne, mediese kundiges ondersteun onderneming<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Enviro Investigations speel &#8216;n noodsaaklike rol vir asbes-slagoffers deur regseise vir vergoeding te ondersteun. In sy fokus op gemeenskappe in die Noord-Kaap ontdek en dokumenteer die onderneming voortdurend teenwoordigheid van asbes-besoedeling &#8211; van mynafval en stortingsterreine tot verswakkende infrastruktuur wat steeds in huise, skole en openbare ruimtes gevind word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"266101\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/asbesblootstelling-se-dodelike-spoor-bly-agter-lank-na-myne-gesluit-is\/ben-hessler-qi1ubnxw7ik-unsplash\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ben-hessler-qi1UbNxw7ik-unsplash.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,3666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ben-hessler-unsplash\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Used as illustration. Photo: Ben Hessler\/Unsplash&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ben-hessler-qi1UbNxw7ik-unsplash-715x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ben-hessler-qi1UbNxw7ik-unsplash-715x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266101\" style=\"width:499px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ben-hessler-qi1UbNxw7ik-unsplash-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ben-hessler-qi1UbNxw7ik-unsplash-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ben-hessler-qi1UbNxw7ik-unsplash-768x1100.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ter illustrasie. Foto: Unsplash\/Ben Hessler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die onderneming help ook individue en gesinne om regseise met betrekking tot asbesblootstelling in te stel, en werk nou saam met die eisers, regspanne en mediese kundiges. In 2023 het Enviro Investigations die grootste skikking tot nog toe vir &#8216;n eiser bekom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Di\u00e9 werk ontbloot die voortdurende risiko&#8217;s wat Suid-Afrika se asbes-nalatenskap inhou, maar doen ook meer as dit &#8211; slagoffers word bemagtig om aanspreeklikheid en vergoeding te soek vir die skade wat hulle gely het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVir te lank is die gemeenskappe wat deur Suid-Afrika se asbes-nalatenskap geraak word, ge\u00efgnoreer. Ons werk om die waarheid te ontbloot, slagoffers in hul stryd vir geregtigheid te ondersteun, en te verseker dat diegene wat verantwoordelik is, aanspreeklik gehou word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Aksie Meso-dag is &#8216;n herinnering dat agter elke eis &#8216;n menslike verhaal is, en ons sal nie ophou totdat daardie stories gehoor en daarop gehoor gegee is nie.&#8221; <\/p><cite>Paul Wood<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maak met die stigting of die onderneming kontak deur die kantoor in Kimberley by 053 285 0671 te skakel, of skryf aan info@ggfoundation.co.za of paul@enviroinvestigations.co.za.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vir meer inligting, besoek<a href=\"https:\/\/ggfoundation.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> ggfoundation.co.za<\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/enviroinvestigations.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enviroinvestigations.co.za<\/a>; of besoek Glynnis Gale Foundation op <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GlynnisGaleFoundation?ref=embed_page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die St. Cyprian-katedraal in Kimberley is in blou verlig om  bewustheid oor mesotelioom, &#8216;n aggressiewe kanker weens asbesblootstelling, te verhoog. 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