PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSouth African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954lemmy.worldimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down111
arrow-up1595arrow-down1imageSouth African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up37·1 year ago@Tar_alcaran … if the miners even lived long enough to get cancer. Diamond miners during Apartheid were working in unsafe conditions for ridiculously low wages, often coerced into being there, and at relatively high risk of tuberculosis.
@Tar_alcaran … if the miners even lived long enough to get cancer.
Diamond miners during Apartheid were working in unsafe conditions for ridiculously low wages, often coerced into being there, and at relatively high risk of tuberculosis.