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South Africa has failed to protect locals from gold mine pollution: Harvard report

Staff Writer | October 12, 2016 | 10:00 am Precious Metals Africa Europe Gold 

South Africa has failed to address the adverse environmental and health effects of more than 130 years of gold mining in and around Johannesburg, a new report from Harvard Law School shows. According to its International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) successive...

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