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Liao Manyokole\'s fear

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of silicosis is not unfounded.

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Gold mining has
gone hand in hand

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with illness and death since
the discovery of gold in 1886.

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To start to understand
the real cost of gold

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in our lives today, we
uncovered voices and images

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in South Africa\'s state
and mining archives.

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The dangers of silica
dust have been known

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since the early days of
deep-level gold mining.

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Water is a great factor

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in maintaining good
health underground.

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It is fed through pipes
to the machine drills,

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passing through
the drill itself,

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thus keeping down the
dangerous sharp-edge rock dust

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which in the past
was responsible for
silicosis or phthisis.

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On one mine alone, 2.5
million gallons per day

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are used for this purpose.

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Here come the committee now,

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full meetings once a week
in various subcommittees.

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And on top of that, of course,

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they have their own
businesses to run.

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I wonder what\'s on
the agenda for today.

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To prevent competition

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for labor, the mining
companies formed

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a cartel called the
Chamber of Mines.

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Gentlemen, the big increase

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that has occurred in
the demand for labor

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has the close attention
of the committee.

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Two main objects have
been kept in view,

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the principal one, the
maintenance of supply of labor,

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the second, the
reduction of wages.

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Recruiting cheap labor

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in large numbers was
essential for profit.

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We found an interview
with Mr. Lovett,

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general manager of the
Native Labour Organisations.

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Through the swamps of Okavango,

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riding the broad
waters of the Zambezi,

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over the great
lakes of Nyasaland,

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from jungle and desert land,

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from the great mountains
of Basutoland and Swaziland

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and the rolling flatlands
of Bechuanaland,

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from every reserve
and every native area,

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almost every kraal
in Southern Africa,

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a steady stream of native
laborers moves forward.

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They\'re on their way
to the Rand mines

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to help produce the
wealth of South Africa.

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Two organizations
take them there,

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the Native Recruiting
Corporation

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and the Witwatersrand
Native Labour Association.

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The heart of the
organizations is

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in the Chamber of Mines
building in Hollard Street,

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but the arteries stretch
far across the subcontinent.

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The boy is fit.

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Next one.

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Heart disease, the
boy is not fit.

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Now, Frans, ask these boys
if they fully understand

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the terms of their contract.

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The Chamber of
Mines report of 1898

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concerning the Portuguese
colony of Mozambique.

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The east-coast
native pays us better

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in every respect than any
native of South Africa.

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He certainly comes farther
and takes more trouble

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to collect, but when we
get him, he stays longer,

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and after he has once
learned his business,

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he almost invariably
comes back again

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after he has gone to his kraal.

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A fee of one pound, 14
shillings and sixpence

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per native per annum
is paid by the mines,

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to the Portuguese government
in the province of Mozambique.

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With doll-like houses,

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for the prosperous
South Africans

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have made themselves
quite comfortable.

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We have seen what the white man

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has achieved for
himself in South Africa.

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What has he done for the native?

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He has put him to work.

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Dear sir, native labor supply.

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I am of the opinion
that meetings

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and mere talk of the
work of the gold mines

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are not sufficiently impressive

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nor lasting enough
on the native mind.

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Therefore, I suggest
that the corporation

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should endeavor to
advertise through the medium

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of open-air cinematograph shows.

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Pictures depicting
Johannesburg, the mines,

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the compounds, the
amount of money earned,

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the comfort and safety of mining

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would have far-reaching results.

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Yours faithfully, District
Manager, Vryheid, 1925.

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Dear sir, I would suggest

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that the film contain scenes
in the following order.

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Scene one, mine head
gear, early morning shift

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awaiting conveyance underground.

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Scene two, kraals belonging
to principal chiefs

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in native territories.

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In 1903, a commission of inquiry

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into labor needs of
mining and agriculture

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reflects on proposals made to
ensure the supply of labor.

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We have formed the opinion

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that the scarcity
of native labor

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is due first and
foremost to the fact

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that the African
native tribes are

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in possession of
large areas of land.

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No considerable change can
reasonably be anticipated

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in their industrial habits
until a great modification

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of these conditions
has been brought about.

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The imposition of higher
taxes was generally advocated.

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The introduction of
legislation modifying

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the native land tenure system
was generally approved.

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The proposals put
forward to improve

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the supply of natives recommends

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that the existing native social
system should be attacked,

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with the object of
modifying or destroying it.

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Dear sir, propaganda film.

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I have to inform you that in
conjunction with the showing

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of the film, large
recruiting meetings were held

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at the centers shown on
the attached schedule.

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Meetings were attended
by chiefs and inDunas

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with their young
men from far afield,

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and the attendance of
approximately 19,000

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at all meetings was remarkable

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and could not have been assured

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unless provision had been made
to give them meat and beer.

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Monthly reports from
the district offices

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reveal how surveillance
of rural communities

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served the recruitment project.

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Dear sir, crops.

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No crops owing to drought.

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Little or no winter
plowing has been possible.

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Recruiting prospects:
I think recruiting

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will continue to
be satisfactory.

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The continued drought,
scarcity of foodstuffs,

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and the imposition
of the poll tax

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generally makes matters very
serious for the natives,

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and they will be
compelled to seek work.

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The mining industry
has been built up upon

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and must, if it is
profitably to continue,

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remain dependent
upon the cheap labor

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derived from the
employment of men who have

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supplementary means of
subsistence in the reserves.

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Certainly, if the mines were
suddenly compelled to pay

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for unskilled labor, the
wage which would be adequate

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for a native living with
his family permanently

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on the Witwatersrand,
the dislocating effect

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upon the gold mining industry
would be catastrophic.

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Probably half the mines on
the Witwatersrand would have

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to close down since they could
no longer work at a profit.

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Over 250,000 native laborers

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are employed in the
industry, and all of them

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are safely escorted to
and from their homes

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by the native
recruiting corporations.

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Every one of them passes through

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the central compound
at Johannesburg,

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certified as being medically
fit for their work.

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To be found fit for work

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was not the only reason for
the medical examinations.

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The medical system of the
mines was designed to sift out

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returning miners who
they had already made ill

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with silicosis and tuberculosis.

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Special care should be
taken in the examination

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of natives with long
underground mining histories.

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Natives known to
have been repatriated

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as tubercula or as
having silicosis

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should under no circumstances
be sent to the Rand.

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When it is a matter

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of the examination of 150
to 200 boys at a time,

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it is very difficult to keep up

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one\'s concentration
to the finish.

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As a mine medical
officer, the difficulty is

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that one looks at the matter
as if one is purchasing

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certain labor, and if it
is not up to specification,

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the tendency is to
fire it out again.

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Here is a story of how one man

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found a secure job in
the gold mining industry.

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He was given a
medical examination

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to make sure that his
basic health was good,

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and he was issued with
his work clothing.

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The next job was to get him
settled into the hostel.

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His tribal representative
took him to a room

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where there were
people of his own tribe

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and from his own
part of the country.

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In the Native Laws
Commission of Inquiry, 1947

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we find a statement, number
five, the compound system.

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It is the opinion of the
gold producers\' committee

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that the compound system is
a healthy means of housing

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and feeding large bodies
of native laborers.

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At weekends, there\'s food

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and free phenom shows,
but best of all,

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twice a week, you get
a free issue of beer.

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So all the money you
earn, you can put

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straight into your pocket
to do what you like with.

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Sir Ernest Oppenheimer,

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mining magnate and
member of Parliament.

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We have done a great deal

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and intend to do more
to prevent the disease.

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I think our efforts have met
with considerable success

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and even, if it cannot be said,

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that the contraction of
phthisis has been prevented.

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We can claim that we
have succeeded in making

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the working life of a
miner considerably longer.

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The gold mines of South Africa

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have brought to the
surface more gold

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than man has known
in all his history.

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Just think of all
the gold being poured

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and everything we owe to it.

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The Johannesburg Stock
Exchange, for instance.

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500!

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Shares, thousands upon
thousands of shares,

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changing hands each
day in a market

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which has long been
the barometer of
South African economy.

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Goodness me, how money talks.

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Here, the shareholders
of the nation,

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the people of South
Africa, you and me.

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For industry, commerce,
trade, call it what you will,

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lives and prospers
through the shares we buy.

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And it is this money,
yours and mine,

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that helps to make
the wheels go round.

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But those of us who have

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no shares, where do we fit in?

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With our pension funds
and mortgage bonds,

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insurances, medical
aid, and savings,

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funds, part of
which are invested

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on the Stock Exchange,
and so make us

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indirectly shareholders
in the nation\'s wealth.

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And what a wealth
we have to share.

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I can say every time,

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every time when you come
home, we feel happy.

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Everything we need, he give us.

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And he see everything, he
want to do it in our home.

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He do the time, just
a small space of time,

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and then you go back.

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Look at the distance from
my room to the toilet.

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It\'s so difficult.

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Our shaft-sinkers break

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world records in shaft-sinking.

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How?

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By going in very
quickly after the blast,

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by cleaning very quickly.

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These shaft-sinkers
earn very high salaries

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over a very short working life,
and after 10, 12, 15 years,

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they often end up with second
or third-stage pneumoconiosis

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because they break regulations,

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because we, the mining industry,

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make it worth their while
to break regulations

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and damage their
health in the process.

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Spectacular dances,

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suggestive of the rhythmic
beat of the industry,

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wind out the week
in the compounds.

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When its extent in terms
of duration, intensity,

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and magnitude are all
taken into account,

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the South African
gold mining industry\'s

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silicosis and
tuberculosis epidemic

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is without parallel
in human history.

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Regulation 61.

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It is absolutely
prohibited for any person

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working or remaining in
any place in the mine

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if the air contains dust, smoke,

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or fumes perceptible by
sight, smell, or other senses.

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The fundamentals
of this 1903 law

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are still enforced today.

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However, over the 120 years,

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not a single gold mining company

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has been prosecuted
for breaking it.

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15th February, 1919.

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Sir, repatriation
of sick natives.

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I have the honor to inform
you that native P.P--

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Dear sir, mortality
amongst mine natives.

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In August last, the attention

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of the Transvaal Mine
Medical Officers\' Association

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was drawn to the
increasing mortality

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amongst the natives
employed on the mines.

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25th of July, 1923.

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Dear sir, natives suffering
from pulmonary diseases.

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The following native
will be repatriated

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on the 26th of July, 1923.

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Contract number, voluntary,

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mine, Grand Mines,
passport number, 221--

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Despite the widespread incidence

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of occupational lung diseases,

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until today, the mining
industry and the state

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have failed to ensure that
miners get just compensation.

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We can now see the template
for the South African economy

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that was laid down by mining.

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This legacy endures in the
present and continues to produce

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vast inequality,
illness, and death.

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As shocking as the records
of the archives are,

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it would be too easy
to only point fingers

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at the mining companies and
the state because all of us

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who benefit from this
economy are complicit.

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♪ We are miners ♪

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♪ Hard rock miners ♪

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♪ To the shaft house ♪

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♪ We must go ♪

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♪ Pour your bottles ♪

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♪ On our shoulders ♪

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♪ We are marching ♪

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♪ To the slope ♪

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♪ On the line, boys ♪

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♪ On the line, boys ♪

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♪ Drill your holes ♪

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♪ And stand in line ♪

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♪ \'Til the shift boss ♪

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♪ Comes to tell you ♪

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♪ You must drill ♪

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♪ Her out on top ♪

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♪ Can\'t you feel the rock dust ♪

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♪ In your lungs ♪

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♪ It\'ll cut down a miner ♪

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♪ When he is still young ♪

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♪ Two years and the silicosis ♪

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♪ Takes hold ♪

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♪ And I feel like I\'m dying ♪

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♪ From mining for gold ♪

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♪ Yes, I feel like I\'m dying ♪

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♪ From mining for gold ♪