Abstract
The ASGM sector is said to have been producing an average of 30 tons, or about 80 per cent of the country’s annual gold supply. But amidst the glitter of gold and despite legislation on mining, environmental protection and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, the ASGM sector remains wrought with problems - children and adults work in the most dangerous and hazardous of conditions, families and mining communities remain impoverished, and harmful and toxic mining practices continue to destroy the environment.