Corporate Social Responsibility, Legislative Reforms and Mining in South Africa

Plessis, Willemien Du; Kloppers, Henk

doi:10.1080/02646811.2008.11435179

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“…Conversely, a critical 'transformative' view interprets CSI as a palliative response that justifies the externalisation of social and environmental costs by mining houses (Humby, 2015). CSI activity has been criticised as providing a 'cloak of legitimacy' which allows mining activity to continue with minimal disruption and cost (Kloppers & du Plessis, 2008). According to Mushonga (2012) in South Africa, "Corporate Social Responsibility involvement is premised on the fact that business (in this case mining houses) take resources from society for their own use; therefore they have a responsibility to return to society the value of these resources" (p.57).…”

Section: Private Sector Engagement In Social Policy: Too Little or Tomentioning

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Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development

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This paper reflects on the trajectory of social policy in South Africa (1994-2017) and on which policy levers present opportunities for crosscountry policy transfer, in order to address current social development challenges. The current direction of social policy is described as the result of a compromise between two distinct alternative paradigms whereby the statist transformative and market-oriented residual paradigms are held in tension. On the one hand, a transformative policy perspective draws on human rights and views redistribution as a necessary premise for and means of economic growth. On the other hand in the residual framework, redistribution is envisaged as a secondary function that is dependent on economic growth. Several instances are outlined in which this tension is evident, together with the implications for social policy across the policy cycle: in legislation; in social compact formation; in the selection of social programmes and in their implementation; in gender-mainstreaming and in the engagement of the private sector in social policy. Overall we highlight areas of hybrid policy overlap between these bifurcated ideological, political and institutional frameworks, for example around social transfers and corporate social investment. We also describe instances of conflicting and at times unexpected outcomes, such as the National Health Insurance. Several factors are concluded to be of relevance to the Global South more generally: the importance of constitutionally-legislated rights as a basis for advancing socioeconomic claims; the emergence of new social compacts in contexts where there are significant levels of informal employment and unemployment and lastly, the influence of fiscal and institutional capability factors in shaping the direction of social policy and its implementation.

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Section: Private Sector Engagement In Social Policy: Too Little or Tomentioning

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Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development

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“…The South African mining industry is one of the major building blocks in South Africa's economy. Prior to the new constitutional era, the mining sector was premised on the exploitation of South Africa's mineral resources, creating only indirect benefits for the majority of South Africans through the infrastructure and the economy it established (Kloppers and du Plessis, 2008). Not only does the mining industry contribute to South Africa's GDP via exports etc., but it employs a significant number of the population.…”

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“…However for the mining industry in particular; even with Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996 (the Constitution) (South Africa, 1996), which recognizes the State's obligation to protect citizens' socio-economic rights such as the right to housing, clean water, and medical assistance, it was not without limitation (Busacca, 2013). Furthermore, the government was challenged by a lack of resources and skilled personnel (Kloppers and du Plessis, 2008). As such, given the political climate in the country, the transformation was inevitable.…”

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Mining companies attain relief through deductions on infrastructure relating to Social and Labour Plans: a case of the cart before the horse?

Thambi¹

2019

J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall.

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A recent amendment to Section 36(11)(e) of the Income Tax Act, 53 of 1968 (Tax Act) now extends the allowable deduction of 'capital expenditure' incurred by mining companies pursuant to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA). In terms of the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill 2016 (TLAB 2016), the allowable deduction has been extended to include expenditure incurred on infrastructure in terms of Social and Labour Plan (SLP) requirements as per the MPRDA. Interestingly, what necessitated the amendment was the need to recognize SLP requirements and to circumvent administrative difficulties for mining companies and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) in differentiating the use of developmental infrastructure by employees or the community. The successful implementation of such a deduction hinges on a sound SLP system. However, given the challenges within the current SLP system, this amendment could be considered somewhat premature.

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“…The role of CSR is increasingly recognised by national governments as a way to foster local development, while CSR also gives an opportunity for large corporates to enhance their profile through various forms of social and economic engagement. An emerging literature on CSR and the mining industry indicates that to date corporate support for artisanal mining activities has been difficult to sustain (Duarte ; Hamann ; Jenkins and Obara ; Jenkins and Yakovleva ; Kloppers and du Plessis ; Yankson ). In addition, as Hilson () argues, interventions can often perpetuate inappropriate ‘top‐down’ approaches.…”

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“…The absence of welfare support for people of working age means that in the absence of formal sector job opportunities self‐reliance becomes an urgent imperative (Binns and Nel ; Marais ). Within this context CSR is emerging in South Africa as an intervention which, though having potential, has also been the subject of criticism (Bond ; Kloppers and du Plessis )…”

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Community development at the coal face: networks and sustainability among artisanal mining communities inIndwe,EasternCapeProvince,SouthAfrica

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Binns

Gibb³

2013

Geographical Journal

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Artisanal, or small‐scale mining, is widely recognised as a key, but often controversial, survival strategy adopted by low‐income communities in the global South. This paper examines how members of one community in South Africa, that of Indwe, in a desperate effort to create self‐employment, have initiated micro‐level coal‐mining enterprises, which have had the downstream effect of supporting local transportation and brick‐making operations. Government concerns over the legality of these activities overlie the recent depletion of the local resource and the involvement of a mining corporate in the region. In terms of the way forward, the paper explores the uneasy compromise which has emerged between the corporate's social responsibility initiatives and the suspicions of the artisanal miners.

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Legislative Reforms and Mining in South Africa

Cited by 11 publications

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Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development

Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development

Mining companies attain relief through deductions on infrastructure relating to Social and Labour Plans: a case of the cart before the horse?

Community development at the coal face: networks and sustainability among artisanal mining communities inIndwe,EasternCapeProvince,SouthAfrica

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