Please welcome for September 2013 Author of the Month Michael Tellinger, whose new book African Temples of the Anunnaki The Lost Technologies of the Gold Mines of Enki, provides Archaeological proof of the advanced civilization on the southern tip of Africa that preceded Sumer and Egypt by 200,000 evidence also shows how these 200,000yearold sites perfectly match Sumerian ...
· Botswana ranks among the world''s top producers of gemquality diamonds. In 2014, the southern African country produced billion worth, according to data released by Kimberly Process, an international organization that records and certifies rough diamond shipments. With diamond production totaling billion, only Russia produced more in 2014.
· On June 12, a tle herder in South Africa found shining stones while grazing his tle in the KwaHlathi village of KwaZuluNatal province. Believing them to be diamonds, the herder soon put out the word. Within a week, thousands of people flocked to the hillside village with picks and shovels to dig the area to make a fortune for themselves.
· Memorial services take place in South Africa for 44 people killed in clashes at the Marikana platinum mine, amid reports of spreading industrial action.
· The Venetia diamond mine, which opened in 1992, is De Beers Consolidated Mines'' flagship operation. Situated 80km from Musina (formerly Messina) in Limpopo Province, and involving an investment of (400m), the mine is South Africa''s largest diamond producer, with an output of about 4Mct of diamond.
Welkom Mine, Welkom, Lejweleputswa District, Free State, South Africa : A goldplatinum mine in the Witwatersrand Reef. Owned by AngloAmerican Corp. of South Africa.
· Pictures: South Africa Looting and Rioting Continues, Deaths Climb to 32. JOHANNESBURG (AP) – South Africa''s rioting continued Tuesday with the death toll rising to 32 as police and the military struggle to quell the looting and violence in Gauteng and KwaZuluNatal provinces. Many of the deaths occurred in chaotic stampedes as scores of ...
· On June 12, a tle herder in South Africa found shining stones while grazing his tle in the KwaHlathi village of KwaZuluNatal province. Believing them to be diamonds, the herder soon put out the word. Within a week, thousands of people flocked to the hillside village with picks and shovels to dig the area to make a fortune for themselves.
In 1975, South Africa was responsible for producing 40% of the gold ever mined. By 2010, however, China affirmed its status as the world''s largest gold producer with production of 324 tonnes of gold, followed by Australia ( tonnes), and South Africa with tonnes. Today, South Africa produces only % of the world''s gold.
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Palabora Mine (Foscor open pit; PMC mine), Phalaborwa, Mopani District, Limpopo, South Africa : A copper(U)(Zr)apatitevermiculite mine loed near Phalaborwa in Limpopo Province (previously NE Transvaal). Apatite production occurred . Vermiculite production began in 1946. Copper ...
Mining is a very important economic activity in South Africa. In 2009 mining contributed per cent directly and 10 per cent indirectly to the country''s gross domestic product (GDP), sustained approximately one million jobs and created roughly billion rand in .
It was founded as a coal and gold mining town in 1904, but its History can be traced back to the second half of the 19th Century. From about 1840 farmers moved into the Area and declared Farms for themselves, especially after the ZuidAfrikaansche Republiek (South African Republic, later Transvaal ) became an independent republic with the signing of the Sand River Convention in 1852.
Language: English. Africans are paid poverty wages – the average weekly wage for an African farm worker is Rand (£). Whites earn from five times more than Africans in manufacturing industries up to 20 times more in agriculture. Average earnings per in 1975 (as ratios) were whites 100, Coloureds and Asians 3350, Africans 1112.
In my personal experience and research I have found at least 25 ancient mine shafts in goldrich areas and been told about dozens more by farmers all over South Africa. Ancient mines covered by 30 metres of soil have been reported by at least 2 miners in the ''30''s in the province of Limpopo and more than 75,000 mines have been reported by geological companies in Mpumalanga.
· Here are 26 of South Africa''s richest people, ... Image credit: ... Bridgette Radebe is the first black South African deeplevelhard rock mining entrepreneur.
