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Today marks the 27th year anniversary of the commemoration of the Vaal Reef Disaster that resulted in the loss of lives of 104 workers during the mine accident. For the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the Vaal Reef Disaster was a turning point in the mining industry, and that resulted in the establishment of the Leon Commission of Inquiry in the mining industry.
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Odds ‘n’ Sods Part I: Finding a job as a geologist in the 1980s Ralph Rushton (second from left in orange) on a field trip to Normandy, France, in his final year at university before commencing his job search. Credit: Ralph Rushton. We all have our firsts in life; the stories of those defining moments that changed things forever. First beer, first kiss, first car. How about your first job? Here’s how I — an averagely intelligent 21-year-old middle class boy from southeast England — landed my first career move down the deep level mines in South Africa. I committed to a three-year sti...