Mining and ‘community’ struggles on the platinum belt: A case of Sefikile village in the North West Province, South Africa

Mnwana, Sonwabile

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2015.05.003

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“…The Mpumalanga Highveld, as well as being the focus of large-scale coal mining, is also home to South Africa's most productive agricultural land and a key water catchment (Hermanus et al, 2015). Platinum mining in Limpopo and the North West coincides with rural communal land and has seen intensive intracommunity struggles (Mnwana, 2015;Hermanus et al, 2015).…”

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The state of mine closure in South Africa - what the numbers say

Watson

Olalde²

2019

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

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The consequences of ineffective mine closure in South Africa are evident from the number of abandoned mines and operations on extended care-and-maintenance, the on-selling of mines to less well-resourced companies to close, and increasing illegal mining activities. However, the data to substantiate these observations and provide insight into the underlying issues has not been available. Through the Promotion of Access to Information Act, a list of mine closure certificates applied for between 2011 and 2016 and a list of certificates granted over the same period for all nine regions of South Africa was obtained. From the analysis of this data, we show that the mine closure system as implemented in South Africa is largely ineffective. Although closure certificates are being granted, these are for prospecting sites and small-scale mines, which have a relatively small environmental impact. No large mines of any environmental significance were relinquished over the period under review, with very few applying for closure certificates. Furthermore, the issuing of closure certificates varies significantly between regional offices, with the success rate for applications being generally low and issuing of certificates taking an extended period.

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Section: Mining In South Africamentioning

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The state of mine closure in South Africa - what the numbers say

Watson

Olalde²

2019

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

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“…7 The doubling of the sector's workforce to 200,000 in the decade to 2008, alongside the reduced role of mine hostel accommodation, resulted in the proliferation of informal settlements in already land-constrained areas (Makgetla & Levin 2016). This intensified demands on infrastructure and social services, and inflamed ethnic tensions, with negative implications for social stability and mine-community relations (Mnwana 2015a, Mnwana 2015b, Mnwana, Mtero & Hay 2016.…”

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Mine mechanisation and distributional conflict in rural South Africa

Mnwana

Bowman

2018

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“…Today, although mining businesses only contribute 8% to the country’s GDP, the mining businesses remain one of the most important employers, in term of its workforce [ 11 ]. However, mining activities may have, sometimes, adverse impacts on the socioeconomic wellbeing of local communities [ 12 – 14 ]. Unfortunately, these impacts are particularly felt heavily in small rural poor communities which are already vulnerable to any environmental change, owing to extreme poverty.…”

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“…From this perspective, several studies have been conducted throughout South Africa (e.g., [ 12 , 16 ]). Ref.…”

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“…Ref. [ 12 ] specifically aimed to understand the ongoing struggles between local poor communities and mining industries over land, mining revenues and public services in the Sefikile village, in the Moses Kotane Local Municipality (MKLM, North-West Province, South Africa). However, it remains unclear how deep is the gap between expected services by local communities versus actual services delivered to these communities by mining industries in this Municipality.…”

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Testing the expectancy-disconfirmation theory: Geography, employment status and household size of local communities determine their perspectives of a local mine business in South Africa

Boihang

Yessoufou

2022

PLoS ONE

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Local communities’ perspectives on mining businesses are a matter of endless debate, particularly in developing countries. If misunderstood or mismanaged by authorities (local and national), these perspectives may lead to violent and deadly reactions, which are unaffordable given the tremendous contribution of mining businesses to socio-economic development. The recurrence of these violent events means that authorities and mining businesses may have been failing to understand the dynamic of local people’s expectations. Here, to explain the complexity of the interactions of local people with mine businesses, we collected socio-economic data along with data on people’s satisfaction levels towards the services delivered by a local mining business in the Mose Kotane Local Municipality in South Africa. Data collected were analyzed by fitting a Structural Equation Model (SEM). We found that only 4–8% of communities’ expectations were met by the local mine business, and that closest communities to the mine do not benefit significantly more services than away-communities (Chi-square = 2.71, df = 4, P = 0.60). However, the proportion of moderately satisfied people (in relation to the services delivered by the mine) tends to increase when moving away from the mine while the proportion of dissatisfied people decreases. Our SEM, linking socio-economic data to communities’ perspectives, shows a good fit (Fisher C value = 0; P = 1.00, n = 158). In communities away from the mine, residents who were initially happy about the establishment of the mining business tend to be satisfied with the services delivered by the mine (β = 2.69±0.41, P<0.001) but these residents are likely to be employed people (P<0.05). In communities close to the mine, large-sized households tend to be satisfied with the mine-delivered services (P = 0.04). This is potentially due to the fact that a large household is more likely to have at least one person working for the mine. Collectively, these findings reveal how socio-economic variables determine people’s perspectives on the mining business.

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Mining and ‘community’ struggles on the platinum belt: A case of Sefikile village in the North West Province, South Africa

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

The state of mine closure in South Africa - what the numbers say

The state of mine closure in South Africa - what the numbers say

Mine mechanisation and distributional conflict in rural South Africa

Testing the expectancy-disconfirmation theory: Geography, employment status and household size of local communities determine their perspectives of a local mine business in South Africa

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