Scott Campbell on Nostr: "The story of Artisanal Miners, sometimes referred to as 'Zama-Zamas,' rises out of ...
"The story of Artisanal Miners, sometimes referred to as 'Zama-Zamas,' rises out of deep-seated socio-economic problems that cannot be divorced from the history of the mining industry that has alienated and commodified the black body. The fact that a large number of miners at Stilfontein were from Mozambique, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zimbabwe cannot be understood outside of the historical context of resource extraction in Southern Africa. The migrant labor system was manufactured and developed during the colonial period. It continues to be an integral part of the South African economy."
https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/mining-murder-and-the-machinery-of-exploitation/#SouthAfrica #mining
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