EP 71: Illegal Mining, Migration and State Accountability in South Africa with Prof. Rosalind Morris

The recent incident involving trapped illegal miners (Zama Zama) in an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, North West province of South Africa and the scandal surrounding South Africa’s government’s slow response to rescue them has brought to fore the troubled South African mining sector and issue of migration. In this week’s episode, we focus on the topic: “The Human Cost of Desperation: Illegal Mining, Migration and State Accountability in South Africa”. I am joined by Professor Rosalind Morris (https://www.rosalindcmorris.com), a Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and author of “Unstable Ground: The Lives, Deaths, and Afterlives of Gold in South Africa”