THE HIDDEN TREASURE BENEATH THE EARTH By Solomon Maseko Growing up I would hear stories about how bad mining is and how does it affect our health as community members, well, I have finally found the truth through MENAR Academy and the truth is, mining is awesome! Both for our pockets and the environment as well, yes ‘environment’, while on the excavation I was expecting dust and unfriendly situation but I was proven otherwise which led me to asking ‘‘why there is no dust but the machines are drilling?’’ the answer was simple and these are the words of the Khanye Colliery mine manager Guy Thompson ‘’because we want a healthy working environment for our employees we use the best of equipment’s to keep the space clean and dustless’’ simple. Mines play a huge role as well in the communities’ development programmes by developing infrastructure and enhancing the community member`s economic statuses by giving them sustainable jobs in the mines, on the other hand our governmen...