Resource November 18, 2016

Meet the Journalist: Mark Olalde

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Image by Mark Olalde. South Africa, 2016.
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More than 6,000 abandoned mines pierce South African soil, and the nation is now left to deal with...

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An illegal miner displays gold ore dug from an abandoned mine in Johannesburg. South Africa, 2016. Image by Mark Olalde.
An illegal miner displays gold ore dug from an abandoned mine in Johannesburg. South Africa, 2016. Image by Mark Olalde.

Freelance writer and photographer Mark Olalde heads to Johannesburg to report on the thousands of abandoned mine sites around South Africa, the environmental costs of the country's mining industry and the impact of mining coal for energy production.

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