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  2. Artisanal mining - Wikipedia

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    It is part of a chain of similar adits along a surface outcrop of the Roodepoort gold reef of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Growth of South African ASM. As the price of gold grew on international markets from the 1970s to the 1990s, formal large-scale mining in South Africa shed jobs, while labour unrest and strikes led to increasing layoffs ...

  3. Artisan Staff Association - Wikipedia

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    The Artisan Staff Association (ASA) was a trade union representing higher-paid technical railway workers in South Africa . The union was established in 1924, on the initiative of the National Shop Stewards' Association. It attempted to register with the Government of South Africa in 1926, but was rejected due to opposition from smaller ...

  4. Griot - Wikipedia

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    A griot ( / ˈɡriːoʊ /; French: [ɡʁi.o]; Manding: jali or jeli (in N'Ko: ߖߋߟߌ, [1] djeli or djéli in French spelling); Serer: kevel or kewel / okawul; Wolof: gewel) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their ...

  5. Millwright - Wikipedia

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    South Africa. In South Africa, the millwright trade (especially focused on the mining sector) enjoys a far more versatile description than in most other countries. [citation needed] Fields wherein South African millwrights may operate include: Low-, medium- and high-voltage electrical fault finding, installation, and maintenance.

  6. South African art - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. South African art is the visual art produced by the people inhabiting the territory occupied by the modern country of South Africa. The oldest art objects in the world were discovered in a South African cave. Archaeologists have discovered two sets of art kits thought to be 100,000 years old at a cave in South Africa.

  7. South Africans' desperate search for jobs overshadows election

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    South Africa is facing crushingly high unemployment levels, with the latest jobless figures ticking up slightly to 33% - ranked by the World Bank as the worst of any nation. Among young people, it ...

  8. Aid to Artisans - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, in September 2010, ATA's field office in South Africa became the independent organization The Africa Craft Trust. History. Aid to Artisans was founded in 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts by James S. Plaut, former Secretary General of the World Crafts Council (WCC), and his wife Mary. Working through ATA, their goal was to give artisans ...

  9. Artisan - Wikipedia

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    Artisan. An artisan (from French: artisan, Italian: artigiano) is a skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. These objects may be functional or strictly decorative, for example furniture, decorative art, sculpture, clothing, food items, household items, and tools and mechanisms such as the handmade ...