Trading informally is not a choice but a necessity in a country where the unemployment rate is at an alarming level ...
In its heyday South Africa’s mines employed nearly half a million people ... And an astonishing 80% of all the people who ...
In mid-January 2025 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South ... in the gold sector worldwide do so as informal or artisanal ...
About 6,100 closed mines are distributed across the country. Although closed, they are not sealed. Residual gold remains in ...
Following an estimated 4.8% output contraction in the agriculture sector in 2024, Bureau for Food and Agriculture Policy ...
Zimbabwe is taking bold steps to formalize its economy and create a more sustainable business environment. Finance Minister ...
Until 2007, South Africa was the world's leading producer of gold ... One of the key reasons the perilous informal mining sector survives is the connivance of established gold dealers. GI-TOC said a ...