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Carletonville

Notes on the underground — where the most desperate and impoverished scavenge for illicit gold

Business Maverick

Notes on the underground — where the most desperate and impoverished scavenge for illicit gold

By Richard Poplak

No jobs and no services in former mining towns of Springs and Carletonville

South Africa

No jobs and no services in former mining towns of Springs and Carletonville

By Michelle Banda, Nonkululeko Njilo and Ray Mahlaka

Residents of poorer Gauteng towns have mixed feelings about the power of the vote

South Africa

Residents of poorer Gauteng towns have mixed feelings about the power of the vote

By Michelle Banda, Nonkululeko Njilo and Ray Mahlaka

Key Tshwane win gives ANC a motivation boost while DA suffers low-turnout blow

Politics

Key Tshwane win gives ANC a motivation boost while DA suffers low-turnout blow

By Wayne Sussman

GroundUp: For R5,000, sangoma will pray for an informal miner’s safety

South Africa

GroundUp: For R5,000, sangoma will pray for an informal miner’s safety

By GroundUp

Newsdeck

1 700 workers start strike 2.4km below Harmony mine

By News24

Sibanye Gold’s Hlanganani shaft: Going deep into the heart of the economy

South Africa

Sibanye Gold’s Hlanganani shaft: Going deep into the heart of the economy

By Greg Mills