Audio slideshow: South African miner

South African gold miner Sam Molipa tells the BBC about a day in his life working at the
world's deepest mine, AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng mine, about 65km (40 miles)
south-west of Johannesburg.

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Slideshow by Lucy Fleming; produced by Jonathan Greer and Phil Coomes
Underground shots courtesy of AngloGold Ashanti
Publication date 16 April 2009

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