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A group of brothers and their friends are making a living collecting gold off a mine dump near Marievale.Image: GroundUp/Kimberley Mutandiro
INFORMAL

‘One does not need a passport to extract gold’, says informal miner

Located between Marievale military base and Nigel is an old gold mine, Vlakfontein, where informal miners extract gold from the mine dump. “The gold found at this old mine is very easy to extract and in a good month one can make R10,000…

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Taiwan informal settlement resident Nolundi Philiso broke her leg while entering the toilet on the right. Since then residents have filled the gap beneath the structure with stones.Image: Sibusiso Mdlankomo
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Woman breaks leg, another stuck, while using communal toilet

Just over a month after a resident of Taiwan informal settlement was trapped inside a communal flush toilet when it toppled over, another resident broke her leg while trying to use one of the toilets. Residents of Taiwan in Khayelitsha,…

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