al jazeera story on miners on south africa

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  South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy is sustained by …

  2024427 · South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy is sustained by protest Elections are important for democracy, but political and social mobilisations are crucial.

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  Illicit miners scrape for diamonds on abandoned mines - Al Jazeera

  201723 · Illicit miners scrape for diamonds on abandoned mines In South Africa digging for diamonds with picks, shovels is only means of income for many, though it is against the law.

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  Dozens killed in South Africa mine shooting

  2024427 · South Africa is commemorating the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election.

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  S Africa miners call Lonmin offer an ‘insult’ - Al Jazeera

  2012914 · S Africa miners call Lonmin offer an ‘insult’ Despite calls for further mass walkouts, mining firm Lonmin offers pay raise of less than half of workers’ demand.

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  How a ‘Gold Mafia’ is looting Southern Africa, washing dirty …

  2023323 · How a ‘Gold Mafia’ is looting Southern Africa, washing dirty cash Al Jazeera infiltrates large gold-smuggling rings and reveals a giant money laundering scheme.

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  At least 23 dead after open-pit gold mine collapses in …

  2024222 · At least 23 people have died in central Venezuela after a wall of earth collapsed at an illegally operated gold mine while dozens of people were at work.

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  South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? - Al Jazeera

  2024427 · South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? Big socio-political gains have followed apartheid but the legacy of racism and segregation is still starkly visible.

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  Landslide in small-scale mine leaves 22 dead in Tanzania - Al Jazeera

  2024114 · The government has worked for years to improve safety for small-scale miners, but unsafe and unregulated illegal mining still occurs in Tanzania, which is Africa’s fourth-largest gold producer ...

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  Xenophobia in South Africa | Causes, attacks and history

  4  · A rubber tyre, filled with petrol, is forced around a victim's chest and arms, and set alight. In an instant, the story of South Africa’s much-touted rainbow nation of black, white and brown people happily living together, fizzled away in an outburst of vengeance.

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