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A Most Modern Industry: The Migrant Labour System and Crisis Management

Published:2023 Issue: Volume: Page:29-54
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Container-title:Mining Gold and Manufacturing Ignorance
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McCulloch Jock,Miller Pavla

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter outlines the basic features of gold mining in South Africa. The structure, administration and economic significance of the mines, the key technical challenges posed by deep deposits and low-grade ore, the size and composition of the workforce, the chronic shortages of labour and oscillating migration are covered. Since mining was dangerous work, the chapter also deals with the companies’ management of risk, and in particular with their approach to occupational health and compensation for injury.

Publisher

Springer Nature Singapore

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-981-19-8327-6_2

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