SocietySouth Africa’s chrome riches fuel a deadly underground economy

A soil wall collapsed at a disused mine near Rustenburg on August 13, killing 14 miners, most believed to be undocumented migrants. The disaster exposed an illegal chrome-mining economy involving vulnerable migrants, unemployed former mineworkers and criminal networks, while workers face unsafe shafts and take the greatest risks.

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