Commando-Style Heists Put South African Gold Miners on Defensive

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Commando-Style Heists Put South African Gold Miners on Defensive
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South Africa’s gold, long a lure for miners, draws attacks from heavily armed gangs after a long run-up in the metal's prices

Since gold was first discovered in 1886 in the area that became Johannesburg, entrepreneurs from all over the world have flocked there to try their

luck digging it out of the earth. The region has yielded nearly half of the world’s bullion that has ever been extracted, from some of its deepest mines.

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