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SAFRICA-ROYALS-MINING-PLATINUM
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALEXANDRA LESIEUR
A mine worker walks past an explosives sign on January 19, 2011 at 14 Shaft of the Impala Platinum mine in Phokeng, the capital of the Bafokeng kingdom, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) northwest of Johannesburg. South Africa's Bafokeng people live on the biggest platinum deposits in the world, a resource that has transformed the once-traditional tribe into a mini-state with its own investment company. The Royal Bafokeng Nation -- a kingdom of some 300,000 people -- has its own professionally designed web site, a majority stake in a listed platinum firm and a two-percent share in telecoms giant Vodacom. The 29 villages of the tribe's homeland all have clinics, schools, new roads and running water, a stark contrast with the poverty of much of rural South Africa. AFP PHOTO / PABALLO THEKISO
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Phokeng, SOUTH AFRICA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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PABALLO THEKISO |
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13 Februarie 2011 |
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3900 x 2687 (1.43 MB) |
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