Sep 29, 2009One of the biggest diamonds ever found has been discovered at a mine in South Africa. Petra Diamond's boss, Johan Dippenaar, said the discovery ranked alongside some of the mine's
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Get PriceNov 12, 2015The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold Mines Thousands of abandoned gold mines are scattered across South Africa, polluting the water with toxics and filling the air with noxious dust. For the millions of people who live around these derelict sites, the health impacts can be severe.
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Get PriceJun 15, 2017Changes to South Africa mining rules hit Anglo American shares. They dropped 57p, or more than 5 per cent, to 10 after South Africa's mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane said miners have to raise their black-owned stakes to 30 per cent from 26 per cent under a revised version of its mining charter.
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Get PriceJan 04, 2012The past decade has brought tens of thousands of Chinese migrants to Africa, and well over half of all Chinese migrants to the continent head to South Africa. Yoon Jung Park of Rhodes University discusses the history of Chinese migration to South Africa, the various communities of Chinese currently residing in the country, and their levels of political, social, and economic integration.
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Get PriceAug 24, 2018Is a 'Large-Scale Killing' of White Farmers Underway in South Africa? Isolated and believed to be wealthy, South African farmers have historically been the targets of attacks in South Africa.
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Get PriceDevelopment Problems and Unemployment in South Africa South Africa is still a developing nation. It relies too much on extractive industries (industries that take natural resources out of the environment like mining) and on exporting natural resources in their raw forms. These industries limit South Africa
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