Trust Information

The Asbestos Relief Trust is a legal entity and is strictly governed by the Trust Deed.

The Asbestos Relief Trust was registered in March 2003 under Letters of Authority No. IT1734/2003. The primary objective of the Trust is to provide compensation to Qualifying Claimants in respect of Asbestos-Related Diseases. The Trust works to accomplish this as fully, fairly and effectively as its means allow. This is as set out in Clause 4 of the Deed of Trust.

The Trust will endure for a period of 25 years from the date of registration by the Master of the High Court. However, the Trustees having regard to the Primary Object, the interests of the initial Beneficiaries and the residual Beneficiaries may reduce or extend the life of the Trust by 5 years. This is as per Clause 10 of the Deed of Trust.

Five trustees were appointed in terms of Clause 6 of the Deed of Trust. A further two trustees were appointed to the Board in August 2013, currently bringing the total number of Trustees to seven.

Trust Deed

The Deed of Trust is a legal document that sets out the following in respect of the Trust and/or Trustees:

  •  The legal basis for the creation of the Trust;
  •  The primary object of the Trust;
  •  The appointment, duties and responsibilities of Trustees;
  •  The legal capacity of the Trust.

It sets out the qualifying criteria for a claim, the basis for calculating a claim and methods of paying compensation.

The Deed of Trust was drafted in consultation with and agreed to by all the parties (both claimants and defendants/Founders during the litigation which lead to the creation of the Trust. This document was Annexure H to the Settlement Agreement.

The Deed of Trust is available in the following languages:

English
Sepedi
Setswana
Siswati

Copies of the signed Deed of Trust are also available on request from the Head Office (see Contact Us page for contact information).

Our Trustees

Jan Jacobus de Bruyn

BSc, BEng (Civil) Stel, MBL Unisa, Harvard AMP Diploma.

After a 32-year career retired from the Industrial Development Corporation of South African (IDC) as Deputy Managing Director.

Served on the boards of Gencor (until its unbundling), Saldanha Steel (Chair), Algorax (Chair), Hulett Aluminium, Small Business Development Corp (now Business Partners), Methold (later changed to Nail), Technikon Witwatersrand (now part of the University of Johannesburg), National Sorghum Beer Breweries and various other IDC property development companies.

Presently still Chair of the Manufacturing Development Board of the dti and a board member of the Coega Development Corporation including a member of its HR&R and AFC committees. Served for many years on the Executive of the AfrikaanseHandelsinstituut (AHI).

Ipeleng Patience Jood-Molaolwe

Qualified as Medical Practitioner( MEDUNSA) and Occupational Medical Practitioner( WITS)

Solo General Medical Practice for a number of years; Currently Employed full time at KUMBA Iron Ore Sishen mine as Occupational Medical Practitioner

Community involvement: 

KwaThemaCommunity Health Forum (Chairperson), ANCRA as Chairperson.

Andrew Conway Gaorekwe Molusi

Connie is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Kabo Capital. Kabo has been established with a view to create a unique BEE company, a company that has principals with extensive track record of managing large scale companies.

Before that, Connie was an Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Johnnic Communications (Johncom) for seven years from 2000 to 2006.

Prior to him joining Johncom, Connie was a career journalist with various South African publications and news agencies. He was also Media Advisor for the Reconstruction and Development programme. Further, he was Media Advisor to the Minister of Communications as well as a General Manager in the Department of Communications. Connie serves as President of Print Media South Africa (PMSA). He is Chairman of Newspaper Association as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the World Association of Newspapers. He also held a directorship position for the Electronic Media Network (M-Net and SuperSport) between 2001 and 2006.

He also holds the following positions: Member of the Boards Institution for the Advancement of Journalists; Board of Governors for the Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS; Trustee of WWF (South Africa; Member of the Board Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA); Director: Caxton CTP; Non-Executive Chairman: Wethy Investment Group; Chairman of the African Media and Entertainment Ltd.; Chairman of the Johannesburg Tourism Company (JCT); and Chairman on Telkom Media