The downturn of an industry that once symbolised South Africa can be evidenced in Khutsong, Carletonville, where former engineering assistant at the world’s deepest gold mine Caldwell Nzimeni, posed for this photograph. News service Bloomberg reports that Nzimeni, 29, left AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng mine in 2015 to complete his engineering studies, but has been unsuccessfully applying for mine work for 18 months. To make ends meet, he rents out shacks made from corrugated iron in the backyard of his home for R200 a month and does plumbing and home-improvement jobs whenever he can find them.