1. Gold Mining and Human Rights in South Africa 13 The Origins and Early Effects of Gold Mining in the Witwatersrand 13 The Mining Industry in the Apartheid Era 15 Post-Apartheid South Africa and Its Human Rights Commitments 16 Gold Mining in Modern South Africa 18 2. Human Rights Framework 19 Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 19
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The mineral wealth of South Africa has been exploited by Homo sapiens for at least 40,000 years and has provided many and varied commodities including gold, platinum and diamonds. This chapter provides a historical perspective on minerals and mining mainly in South Africa, although it does occasionally stray across the borders …
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For 130 years South Africa has been exploiting its gold resources in Johannesburg. But at what cost? 278 abandoned mines …
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One company that is pushing technology into South African mining is Sibanye-Stillwater. Since its founding in 2013, Sibanye-Stillwater has grown from being a South African gold mining company to an internationally competitive, globally diversified precious metals miner, producing gold and the full suite of platinum group metals (PGMs).
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Acid mine drainage: The toxic legacy of gold mining in South Africa. by Sara E. Pratt . Thursday, January 5, 2012. ... In December 2010, a technical task force appointed by the committee reported that the effects of acid mine drainage in the Witwatersrand include contamination of groundwater used for human and agriculture …
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Thousands of derelict gold mines pollute the water and air in South Africa, affecting millions of people who live nearby. Learn about the environmental, health, and social crisis caused by the withering gold …
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The Cost of Gold calls on South Africa to develop a coordinated and comprehensive program that deals with the range of problems associated with gold mining in the region. While industry and communities have a significant role to play, the report focuses on the responsibility of the government, which is legally obliged to promote …
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Mining in South Africa has been a contentious issue since 15-year-old Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs discovered South Africa's first diamond, the Eureka, in Hopetown in 1867. ... Within a year of gold findings, the area …
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The discovery of gold was what put South Africa at the forefront of economic exploration by European settlers for potential mining opportunities, and the surrounding countries as well. However, this discovery came at a price, and the price was paid on black African laborers. ... even though we are fully aware of how drastic of an …
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In South Africa, mining of gold, coal and other natural resources has played a significant role in the country's economy, with both positive and negative consequences. ... to study the effect of ...
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The long-term effect was the decay of moral fibre among the children. ... F.A. Johnstone characterises the social evils associated with the gold mining in South Africa: The gold mining industry was a capitalist system of production based upon a capitalist social structure. And it was the first really large-scale capitalist industry in South Africa.
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During this period, mining other than gold grew faster than the rest of the economy. These industries are larger than most manufacturing subsectors: South African coal sales in 1997 were R16 billion, PGM R8.5 billion and chrome R4 billion. Some of the largest current investment projects in South Africa are in these industries.
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Some of these damages in sub-Saharan Africa include abandoned pits and shafts in artisanal mining areas in West Africa, dumps from previous mining activities in South Africa, pollution of ground ...
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Coal mining in South Africa began around the same time as gold mining and is one of the country's most valuable commodities, accounting for 26 percent of mineral mining revenue in 2023.
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The mining industry remains a major contributor to the economy of South Africa. According to data from the Department of Minerals and Energy of South Africa, the sector contributed 7.1 % to gross domestic product in 2003, of …
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ated by the diamond'and later the gold mines provided. to quote Maguba ne, a "poisonous nourishment" that nurtured the South African economy into the "deformed' monster 'that i,t is today.,,5 'Thiscpmment must be seen in the light of Magubane's view that society evolves from the eco nomic relations at its base.
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Footnote 37 Although the suitability of the term 'revolution' to describe the combined socioeconomic effects of diamond and gold mining on South Africa as a whole remains a matter of historical and historiographical debate, the growth of the mining industry was certainly revolutionary enough in its impact on the ZAR's finances and ...
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Learn how gold mining in Africa has evolved from South Africa's dominance to West Africa's rise, and how technology, sustainability, and markets shape …
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The study area is a gold mining area situated about 70 km west of Johannesburg in the province of Gauteng in South Africa. It lies between 26°18'S–26°26'S latitude and 27°23'E–27°31'E longitude. Gold exploration in the area dates back to 1898, and mining has occurred since 1945 .
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Gold mining has serious negative environmental impacts, especially due to pollution emanating from tailings storage facilities (TSFs, tailings dams, slimes dams). …
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Mining 2023, 3 207 Confining the impacts of gold mining to the smallest possible areas is very important within the South African context. Ref. [12] pointed out that the Witwatersrand goldfield
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Major trends relevant to health projection were a decline in gold mining employment, the major source of silicosis; increasing recruitment of miners; and shifts in recruitment from foreign ...
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Gold mining contributes significantly to export base of the three countries examined in this book. Gold accounts for 3 per cent of South Africa's total exports, in …
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The article explores the factors that have driven the rise of illegal gold mining in South Africa, such as declining ore grades, rising costs, labour unrest and corruption. It …
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mining in the twenty-rst century in Africa, the taxes on gold in South Africa were heavy and the government was simply viewed as an effective partner in the mining industry.17 In 1932, South Africa abandoned the gold standard like so much of the world did during the Great Depression. As a result, the price of gold was
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This was significantly due to the effects of the South African War. ... Moodie, T.D.: "Comprehending Class Compromise in the History of Class Struggle on the South African Gold Mines: Variations and Vicissitudes of Class Power," South African Review of Sociology, (41), (3), pp. 99-106.
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