Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine After Standoff With Authorities
The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...
South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
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Centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along South Africa’s West Coast
In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...
AllAfrica.com19h
Africa: Slavery, Tax Evasion, Resistance - the Story of 11 Africans in South America's Gold Mines in the 1500s
The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of many studies, but the individual life histories of the arrival and survival ...
Africanews English on MSN20h
Nearly 200 arrested in West Africa crackdown on illegal gold and sand mining
Interpol, which coordinated the West African police operation dubbed “Sanu, " announced the move on Tuesday.