The zama zama: Informal mining ‘unlike anything else in the world’
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The zama zama: Informal mining ‘unlike anything else in the world’
US-based anthropologist, writer and documentarian Rosalind Morris discussed with Daily Maverick’s Richard Poplak the unique world of the zama zama — migrant workers driven by need and the dream of gold into the depths of SA’s abandoned mines.
Feb 2, 2022
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2.2M views · 2.5K reactions |  ⛏️ "Where there's gold...always blood is there, because it's money." Every day they leave for work, they have no idea whether they will return home alive. They are Zama Zamas - those who risk everything to go deep underground in South Africa’s dangerous disused gold mines to scratch a living. #BBCAfricaEye | BBC News Africa | Facebook
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2.2M views · 2.5K reactions |  ⛏️ "Where there's gold...always blood is there, because it's money." Every day they leave for work, they have no idea whether they will return home alive. They are Zama Zamas - those who risk everything to go deep underground in South Africa’s dangerous disused gold mines to scratch a living. #BBCAfricaEye | BBC News Africa | Facebook
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