Looking at the case of Basotho illegal migrant mineworkers, this chapter explores the relationship between zama zama, conflict, mobility, turf wars and violence in disused gold mines in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The chapter further demonstrates the conflicts between different groups of Basotho ...
Gold Fields Limited’s proposed 40 MW solar PV plant at its South Deep gold mining operation in Gauteng, South Africa may finally see the light of day. The electricity sub-committee of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), at its virtual meeting on February 5 recommended the...
The DMS plant, fabricated by Bond Equipment of Gauteng, South Africa and the flotation cells fabricated by FL Smidth of Copenhagen, Denmark, have been completed and installed on site. All mechanical and electrical equipment packages are in ...
Coal mines are likely to be caught up in yet another mine strike in South Africa on July 23 as the National Union of Mineworkers calls out 160,000 miners in North West, Gauteng, Limpopo and the Easter Cape as part of the Cosatu protest against fuel and food prices. The NUM plans a ...
The impact of gold mining on the Witwatersrand on the rivers and karst system of Gauteng and North West Province, South Africa The Witwatersrand has been subjected to geological exploration, mining activities, parallel industrial development and associated settlement patterns over ... JF Durand - 《...
The chamber said it has received a written undertaking from Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane that he and his department will not implement or apply the provisions of the charter before the North Gauteng High Court renders its ruling. ...
By the mid-2000s Acid Mine Drainage had reached a crisis point in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, the centre of the gold mining industry in that country. This crisis was simply because some mining companies had abandoned mines without rehabilitating them underground, nor neutralising the ...
Rajend Mesthrie describes the origin and evolving status of Fanakalo in the province of Gauteng, South Africa. It was recruited for the purposes of creating a mining language after 1867, which then was very widely spread. In recent years it has both been reviled and re-valued. Whereas ...
2007. A strategy for the management of acid mine drainage from gold mines in Gauteng. Report No. CSIR/NRE/PW/ER/2007/0053/C. CSIR, PretoriaAdler, R. & Rascher, J. (2007) A Strategy for the Management of Acid Mine Drainage from Gold Mines in Gauteng CSIR Report Number CSIR/NRE/PW/...
This chapter focuses on undocumented migrants who travel to South Africa in search of better lives and work in the abandoned gold mines and tailings ponds of Gauteng and Free State Provinces, where informally extracting gold from closed shafts is a crime. The chapter draws on recent scholarship ...