Tough times for S.Africa town blighted by mine closure For more than 60 years the mining town of Blyvooruitzicht, southwest of Johannesburg, sat on one of South Africa's richest gold deposits. But a diminishing return on investment prompted the owner to shut the mine, throwing all 1,700 workers out of a job -- and leaving the site to looters and decay. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report