Contributors to Fatigue of Mine Workers in the South African Gold …
Mine workers in South Africa face challenges relating to poor health and safety, including fatigue risks, and poor socioeconomic and living conditions. Fatigue results in …
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Housing and living conditions – Anglo American South Africa
Improving living conditions is a prerequisite for stable and safe communities to be able to prosper long after our mines have closed. ... all Anglo American business units in South Africa had met the Mining Charter requirements to convert all traditional mining hostels into single or family units, with a one-person-per-room occupancy rate in ...
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South Africa criticized for 'horrific' mining crackdown after
South Africa's government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground, after at least 78 bodies were pulled from a shaft ...
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A history of mining in South Africa
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. ... these miners endured poor diets and horrible living …
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Before and now: the contrast in miners' living conditions
Crammed into tiny rooms in same- hostels, away from their partners or families and without proper access to water, electricity or sanitation, South African miners used to live in appalling conditions. Today, the situation of miners at Impala Platinum in Rustenburg has improved markedly, although there are still challenges, as a North-West University (NWU) …
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The occupational syndemics of miners in South Africa
Occupational exposures in the large industrial mining sector contributed significantly to South Africa's high excess death rate due to COVID-19. Historically poor work-protection oversight has perpetuated centuries of risky labor and living conditions within the industry, driving high levels of disease co-morbidities, and supporting enduring social …
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Trapped below: South Africa's illegal mining crisis
Studies show illegal mining in South Africa has become a sophisticated criminal enterprise, with networks that stretch beyond borders. "Artisanal illegal gold mining is not the only commodity that's being mined; it is …
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Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa
Abstract: Poor living conditions are a consequence of the history of the South African mining industry (SAMI), despite legislation having been implemented to attempt to address this challenge. This paper describes the living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa in 2014, and assesses changes made over the previous decade.
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Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South
The use of single- hostels and hostel room occupancy rates has reduced, while the use of living-out allowances (LOAs) has increased. Problems included the high proportions of …
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(PDF) Research Article THE HISTORY AND HEALTH OF A …
Once in South Africa they were again subjected to the harsh living and working conditions associated with mining. Analyses suggest that all 36 individuals were males between the ages of 15 and 45 years, with the majority being of young adult age.
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TUBERCULOSIS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S GOLD MINES
Miners in South Africa's gold mines have the highest rates of tuberculosis (TB) infection in the world. The rate of TB infection among miners is between 3,000 and 7,000 per 100,000 population –between four and seven times higher than the general population of South Africa, the country with the second highest TB rates in the world.i,ii
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Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa
Poor living conditions are a consequence of the history of the South African mining industry (SAMI), despite legislation having been implemented to attempt to address this challenge. This paper describes the living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa in 2014, and assesses changes made over the previous decade.
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South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know
Illegal mining is a widespread crime in South Africa.Authorities have increasingly taken a hard line, cracking down on miners, called "zama zamas". At least one of the miners has been ...
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Informal settlements and mine development: Reflections from …
A mine generates demand for labour, which in turn generates demand for housing. When settlements spring up near a mine this often means poor housing conditions. In South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s mining companies invested heavily in company towns or mining settlements, but they have become increasingly hesitant to do so, for three reasons.
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Over 100 miners starved to death by the ANC in South Africa, …
The miners then were taking wildcat action to demand a wage increase, under conditions in which they were being paid less than $500 a month for living in squalid communal huts and working in ...
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Contributors to Fatigue of Mine Workers in the South African Gold …
The South African mining industry (SAMI) is a significant contributor to the economy of the country but faces sustainability, occupational health, and safety challenges [1], [2].The SAMI is traditionally labor intensive and takes place in difficult conditions [3], [4].In addition, the SAMI has residual problems faced by mine workers, relating to historically poor socioeconomic …
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The occupational syndemics of miners in South Africa
The physically demanding and dangerous working conditions, the lack of adequate changes to crowded and unsanitary working and living situations, the failure to meet social and labor plan targets ...
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The history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
A brief history of labour control in South Africa: Migrant Labour and the Recruitments, 1890s-1970s. Available: A brief History of Black Labour control in South Africa: Migrant Labour and Recruitments, 1890s-1970s – Ditsong Museums of South Africa Accessed [2022, May 28] Wilson, F., 1972. Labour in the South African gold mines 1911-1969 (Vol. 6).
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The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine
The deceased miners were suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.South African authorities have been fiercely criticized for cutting off the miners. That tactic to "smoke them out," as described by a prominent Cabinet minister, was condemned by one of South Africa's biggest trade unions.
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Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa
The use of single- hostels and hostel room occupancy rates has reduced, while the use of living-out allowances (LOAs) has increased. Problems included the high proportions of …
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Mining Evidence: South Africa's Gold Mines and the Career …
National Institute for Occupational Health in Johannesburg puts the silicosis rate in living miners at between 22 per cent and 30 per cent.1 Jill Murray's post-mortem data suggest ... eases) and mining from the USA and the UK have limited relevance to South Africa. Work conditions in those mines were often hazardous and there is ample evidence of
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Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act: Housing and living
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act: Housing and living conditions standard for minerals industry
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Footage Shows Trapped Miners, Dead Bodies Underground After South
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -At least 400 illegal miners remained trapped underground in South Africa two months after a police raid, a group working on behalf of the miners said on Monday, which ...
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Contributors to Fatigue of Mine Workers in the South African Gold …
Pelders J., Nelson G. Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa. Dev South Afr. 2018:1–18. [Google Scholar] 8. Republic of South Africa. Housing and living conditions standard for the minerals industry. Government Gazette, 29 April 2009, No. 32166. Department of Minerals and Energy. 9. Republic of South Africa.
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Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa
Abstract: Poor living conditions are a consequence of the history of the South African mining industry (SAMI), despite legislation having been implemented to attempt to address this …
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Control over black workers, closed compounds and migrant labour. Miners eating in their compound Image source. With the discovery of diamonds in South Africa, institutionalised forms of labour control such as the compound/ hostel system now emerged, and in the industrial environment exploitative relations now assumed the same racial form as that which already …
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who were the miners and what were their lives like in south africa …
Sol Plaatje (1876-1932): A South African journalist, writer, and politician who exposed the harsh conditions faced by miners in his book "Native Life in South Africa" (1916). The South African War (1899-1902) : The war between the British Empire and the Boer Republics led to the introduction of forced labor, which further exploited black ...
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Allergy and Living Conditions among Adolescents Living …
There is a paucity of data on the detailed health impact of community proximity to gold mine tailings dumps in South Africa and Africa; the data obtained from this study address the research gap of the lack of allergy studies, environmental exposure and living conditions in South Africa. This study design was deemed appropriate in ...
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Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in …
This paper describes the living conditions of mine workers working at eight mines in South Africa in 2014. Although it was assumed that changes …
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(PDF) Living Conditions of Mine Workers in South Africa (2014)
This paper describes the living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa in 2014, and assesses changes made over the previous decade.
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