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Gold was the lifeblood of South Africa. The way it's dug out has changed little since apartheid when underpaid black miners often worked in mortal danger. At its worst, more than 800 workers a year died in mining accidents. No coincidence the struggle that led t...
They are rarely caught.South Africa is the world's biggest gold producer, and gold is its biggest export earner. But smugglers and thieves are robbing its mines of hundreds of millions of dollars a year at a time when the earnings are needed most.Police and mining sources estimate that 5 ...
During a review of historic mines and prospect sites, it became apparent that the infrastructure of several historic gold mines has fallen prey to illegal mining activities. The initial target of opportunistic scavengers after a mine was abandoned is the steel infrastructure that is stripped and sold...
d Mines, 1911–1969 Labour in the South African Gold Mines, 1911–1969Labour in the South African Gold Mines, 1911–1969doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096375FRANSMAN MARTINAfrican Affairs
Gold mines of the Rand : being a description of the mining industry of Witwatersrand, South African RepublicNot Availabledoi:10.1038/052638a0BROUGHBENNETT HNatureNature
The mine is abandoned for a long time now, and was completely forgotten. In the mid 1980s, the Standard Bank built its head office on this place. During excavation of the basement, they found an old stope or access tunnel. It once led to the Ferreira's Mine and is of great historic...
Dunbar Moodie, T. "Mobilization on the South African Gold Mines", in D. Meyer, N. Whittier & B. Robnett (eds.), Social Movements: Identity, Culture, and the State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.Moodie, T. Dunbar. 2002. Mobilization on the South African Gold Mines. In Social ...
which is one of South Africa’s national symbols.4Paul Kruger held office when one of the world’s most profitable mines, Durban Deep, was founded in 1896. He also was president during the Witwatersrand Gold Rush, which led to the founding of Johannesburg, one of South Africa’s largest ...
The gold mining industry in South Africa and its effects upon the physical well-being of mineworkers serves as a peculiarly apt metaphor for the pathologic... Rosalind,C.,Morris - 《Transition》 被引量: 2发表: 2008年 Features of Social Deviations in the Gold Mines of Yenisei Siberia and ...