Drone footage of Marikana - South Africa's platinum mining hub near Rustenburg скачать в хорошем качестве

Drone footage of Marikana - South Africa's platinum mining hub near Rustenburg

Marikana, formerly known as Rooikoppies, is a town in the Rustenburg local municipality. The town was laid out in 1870 on the farm Rooikoppes, and the settlement later expanded into seven white-owned farms. In 1933, the Buffelspoort Dam was built, allowing the local farmers to irrigate their crops. The farming community grew in the 1960s on the back of lucrative tobacco farming, but other diversified farming practices i.e. cattle, maize, chillies, paprika, soya, lusern and sunflower amongst the main groups was the main economic driver of the area. In the 1970s mining was introduced and grew to become the main industry in the region. The main mining activities are PGMs and chrome. Since the introduction of mining activities, the informal and formal population had a growth explosion. The Marikana massacre of 10 August 2012 and the subsequent killing of 34 workers by police made headlines in the international media. If you want to license footage and videos, please reach out to: africadronefootage at gmail dot com