People are saying they are moving gold illegally from Zimbabwe into SA, using zama zamas who risk their lives in dangerous mines. While the big shots live large and dodge taxes, the poor people are suffering with no jobs and high costs. Kunene says it is all lies and wants to go to court, but the people are gatvol of corruption and politicians playing dirty games. It’s a real mess that shows how deep the rot goes in our politics. https://foreveryena.co.za/politics/gold-smuggling-enterprise-shadows-over-south-african-politics/ #SouthAfrica #GoldSmuggling #Corruption

South Africans are waking up to some heavy news again. There are big claims about a gold smuggling enterprise involving Kenny Kunene and Gayton McKenzie from the Patriotic Alliance, along with Chatunga Mugabe.#KennyKunene #GaytonMcKenzie #ZamaZama #Mugabe #SAnews #Mining #Gatvol

Miner trapped at Stilfontein saw colleagues eat bodies to survive The miners trapped at Stilfontein resorted to horrifying measures to stay alive.

“You can only imagine the desperation of miners at that time to get to the point of eating parts of dead bodies.”

- Barbara October, Deputy Editor - GroundUp #Stilfontein #ZamaZamas #ZamaZama

Miner trapped at Stilfontein saw colleagues eat bodies to survive The miners trapped at Stilfontein resorted to horrifying measures to stay alive.

“You can only imagine the desperation of miners at that time to get to the point of eating parts of dead bodies.”

- Barbara October, Deputy Editor - GroundUp #Stilfontein #ZamaZamas #ZamaZama

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Now available! Interweaving ethnography, history, personal testimony, and political thought with striking readings of South African literary texts, UNSTABLE GROUND is a work of extraordinary ambition and depth. buff.ly/LpPIqCE #SouthAfrica #Zamazama #Gold, #PostApartheid #Mining #AfterLives

A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...
#zamazama #mining #Stilfontein

South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from besieged mine A total of 78 bodies and 166 survivors - some of them emaciated and disorientated - have been hauled out so far in a court-ordered rescue operation, with hundreds more men still stuck 2 km (1.5 miles) below the surface in a gold mine at Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg.

Umgang der südafrikanischen Regierung mit den illegalen Bergleuten ("Zama Zamas") auch der blanke Horror.
#zamazama

www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Thanks so much for sharing @poptartology.bsky.social @africa.theconversation.com
Once again literature often leads the way in describing the terrors & dangers of #ZamaZama life in South Africa/Lesotho @zakesmda.bsky.social

#Stillfontein #SouthAfrica
#Marikana
#NeverAgain
#ANC #Zuma #Ramaphosa

Over 100 miners starved to death by the ANC in South Africa, hundreds still in danger This is a revolting crime of South African capitalism. Comparisons are already being drawn in the country to the Marikana Massacre of 2012, where police under the command of the ANC killed 36 striking...

#SouthAfrica #ANC #Africa #miners #MACUA #ValaUmgodi #zamazama

Comparisons are already being drawn in the country to the Marikana Massacre of 2012, where police under the command of the ANC killed 36 striking workers at the Lonmin platinum mine.

www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Rescatan cuerpos de 78 mineros ilegales en una mina abandonada en África Las minas abandonadas, que se cuentan por miles en el país, se han convertido en refugios para los zama zamas, quienes trabajan en condiciones peligrosas y sin ningún tipo de protección.

Las minas abandonadas, que se cuentan por miles en el país, se han convertido en refugios para los zama zamas, quienes trabajan en condiciones peligrosas y sin ningún tipo de protección. #Minería #Mineros #SeguridadLaboral #África #ZamaZama

Can anyone explain this? #ZamaZama