Tag: south africa

  • The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa’s Illegal Gold Mines | The New Yorker

    The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa’s Illegal Gold Mines When the country’s mining industry collapsed, a criminal economy grew in its place, with thousands of men climbing into some of the deepest shafts in the world, searching for leftover gold. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/27/the-dystopian-underworld-of-south-africas-illegal-gold-mines The footage shows a darkened tunnel, some thirty feet in…

  • Indian vs. Black: Vigilante Killings Upend a South African Town – The New York Times

    Indian vs. Black: Vigilante Killings Upend a South African Town (Published 2021) As rioting and looting swept the country, Indians in the suburb of Phoenix set up roadblocks to police their streets. Dozens of Black people passing through wound up dead. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/africa/South-Africa-Phoenix-riots-deaths.html Nationwide, more than 340 people died in the mayhem, many in stampedes…

  • Review: Breaking News

    Breaking News: A Stunning and Memorable Account of Reporting from Some of the Most Dangerous Places in the World, by Martin Fletcher. [rating: 4/5] Martin Fletcher, the NBC News Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv with a penchant for posing on top of destroyed tanks, provides a great look back at his life covering conflict. War…