Jammed in a cage with no escape from abuse: that’s life for female miners
An explosive report from Rio Tinto Group has highlighted the scale and severity of this issue and racism
06 February 2022 - 17:30
Noxolo Bobotyane, a veteran of more than a decade in SA’s gold fields, has seen first hand how women are sexually harassed as they start their shifts each day. Jammed into a metal cage with other mineworkers as they descend deep below the Earth’s surface, there is literally no way out...
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