A gruesome situation in a South African gold mine underscores the problem of illegal mining and the risk people will take for ...
In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala ...
South Africa was once the world's largest gold producer, but large-scale industrial mining became unprofitable and many mines ... "Darkest Point in Our History" On 10 January, more than two months ...
The company said two employees died at Doornkop Mine, where all blasting operations have been temporarily suspended, and ...
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
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South African mining reports record low fatalities in 2024South Africa’s mining sector has recorded the safest year in history in terms of fatalities with the industry reaching a ...
But contrary to an accusation commonly bandied about in South Africa, illegal mining is not exclusively the domaine of foreigners. Thornton said there existed a “sort of independent gold ...
Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.
They would then travel further over land, to South American gold mines operated by European colonizers. As a scholar of African history, I have dedicated my research to recovering the individual ...
JOHANNESBURG — At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died of suspected starvation and dehydration after being trapped deep underground for ...
I am an anthropologist and I’ve been studying the social life and history of South African gold mining for nearly three decades. I’ve also made a film with and about informal miners.
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