In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in ...
The Coalbrook North Colliery disaster of January 21, 1960, remains one of the most catastrophic events in South African ...
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
Illegal miners trapped nearly a mile below ground reportedly avoided dying of hunger by resorting to cannibalism.
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BIG READ: The perils of South Africa’s illegal mining sectorThe derelict Stilfontein shaft is just one of 6 000 that have been abandoned by South Africa's gold extraction companies.
South Africa was once the world's largest gold producer, but large-scale industrial mining became unprofitable and many mines ...
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The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a noteAP video by Alfonso Nqunjana) Mannas Fourie, CEO of Mines Rescue Services, points out the technology capabilities of the ...
In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...
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. The problems ...
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.
They blink like moles in the harsh South African sunlight. Some look painfully young. Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town ...
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