Given the dangers of mercury toxicity and the high exposure of miners and their communities, solutions are needed to reduce their exposure.
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Mould, dodging mine shafts, sleeping in beds of dried leaves: Mary Anne Allen’s diary offers a fascinating glimpse of family life on the goldfields in 1852.
The early goldrush was a topsy-turvy time for rebellious women, such as the globetrotting dancer Lola Montez. An exhibition showcasing goldfields jewellery spotlights this era when penniless immigrants could dress like queens.
Informal mining and invasive illegal mining have the same illegal status under law in South Africa. But is all informal mining the same? And should it all be deemed illegal?
For thousands of miners who have developed silicosis from years of work on South Africa’s gold mines, a landmark court case will change their lives.
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