South Africa’s zama-zamas risk their lives in deserted diamond mines : Goats and Soda : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 27, 2022
Jefferson Ncube, an illegal diamond miner from Zimbabwe, works on his latest tunnel at an abandoned De Beers mine near Kleinzee, South Africa. Ncube is a univeristy graduate, but has been unable to find employment.
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Jefferson Ncube, an illegal diamond miner from Zimbabwe, works on his latest tunnel at an abandoned De Beers mine near Kleinzee, South Africa. Ncube is a univeristy graduate, but has been unable to find employment.
Tommy Trenchard for NPR
Bracing against the vibrations of the jackhammer . . .
