What compels a people to take to the streets and demand for the closure of a gold mine? And how did the company gain access to the mineral rich district without the inclusion of local communities?
These and other questions form part of this record of events that occurred during the course of 2020 in Carletonville, west of Johannesburg.
This record, though not claiming to be an objective depiction of the collective struggle expressed by many under-developed communities in district, it serves to capture the mood and sentiments expressed against a corrupt municipality and an exploitative mining enterprise.
The collective voice “speaking truth to power” is therefore, the uncensored and unadulterated clarion call to all exploited communities to stand up and take charge of their future in the face of unrelenting poverty.
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