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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by gowld on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @03:54PM (#34902565)
Authoritarian governments are similar to economic bubbles (balloons). They push out everything better and then leave a mess when they collapse.

Pretty much everything on GPs list was a problem during apartheid era as well, or caused by it.

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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by concordDance on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:00PM (#34902657)
There was 30% unemployment in apartheid era?

(Definitely agree with your first paragraph)

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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by superdeeda on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:30PM (#34903132)
It's estimated to have been around 20% [1], but there isn't an official number. The participation rate was lower because non-white people were limited in terms of where they were allowed to go, live and work.

[1] https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w13167/w131...

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