[FROM THE ARCHIVES] Zama Wars in the Wild West
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ.
On Johannesburgโs West Rand, over 1700 hectares of waste piles and open pits have been left behind after the 2018 liquidation of the Australian company Mintails Mining South Africa. With an ongoing legal battle relating to a multi-million environmental liability claim, the land lies abandoned and unsecured. Now overrun by gangs of illegal miners fighting for a share in the lucrative gold remnants still in the ground, Carte Blanche meets the communities caught in the crossfire and examines whether formalising artisanal mining could provide a way forward.
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