Marcel Gascón Barberá

Journalist Marcel Gascón Barberá was born in Castellón (Spain) in 1985. He has worked as a correspondent for the EFE agency in Romania, South Africa and Venezuela and is currently working as a freelancer in Johannesburg.

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South Africa's clandestine miners defend their work (and want it to be legal)

24 January 2019

Development

South Africa’s clandestine miners defend their work (and want it to be legal)

Regulated artisanal mining is now a reality in the mine city of Kimberley. Yet, despite the benefits of becoming legal, convincing miners in [...]Read the full article

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