Social Licensing and Mining in South Africa

Matebesi, Sethulego

doi:10.4324/9780429431074

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“…Growing environmental awareness in South Africa during the 1990s (Matebesi 2020) In case of a mine disaster, the DMRE has a legal obligation through the MPRDA to ensure that an investigation of the disaster is undertaken and reported on. However, there is uncertainty as to the responsible authority for reporting in the case of a disaster involving illegal gold mining.…”

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Exploring strategies for management of disasters associated with illegal gold mining in abandoned mines: A case study of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Matshusa

Leonard

2022

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Due to many abandoned mines that are not rehabilitated, there will be illegal mining. Although the mining industry and government continue to prevent illegal gold mining in abandoned mines by sealing open shafts, it is not possible to close all the shafts at once due to limited resources. Furthermore, after sealing the shafts, illegal miners often create alternative openings to enter underground workings while little or nothing is being done to stop the surface illegal gold mining. As long as illegal gold mining is there, disasters associated with illegal mining are prevalent. Effective disaster preparedness and response requires a competent strategy. The purpose of this study was to develop a strategy that can be used for emergency preparation and rescue efforts associated with disasters caused by abandoned mines and illegal gold mining. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were held with officials and experts on disaster management from the Council for Geoscience and the City of Ekurhuleni. This study indicates that the safety of illegal miners and communities near abandoned mines depends on several factors including the ability to identify and respond to a disaster. The study identified three interlinked themes within the report as strategies for dealing with disasters related to abandoned mines and illegal gold mining. These themes included emergency countermeasures and short-term measures, roles and responsibilities and communication. These interlinked themes should be validated through further research that involves input from the national disaster response community at large. This study will serve as a model that can be implemented in other areas impacted by illegal mining in South Africa.

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Exploring strategies for management of disasters associated with illegal gold mining in abandoned mines: A case study of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Matshusa

Leonard

2022

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“…Community development trusts and traditional authority share ownership as means of mediating mineral rents for community benefit have, in addition, been dogged by controversies over misappropriation of funds, mis-governance or contestation for control of trusts and leadership of traditional authorities (e.g. Mnwana et al, 2016;Capps and Malindi, 2017;Matebesi, 2019).…”

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“…Community trusts have also proven ineffective in in averting conflict. Some scholars have even argued that community trusts are at the core of conflict in rural South Africa, not only because of local capture of revenues by the elite, but also due to unresolved historical issues around ownership of land and mineral rights (Matebesi, 2019).…”

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Land, conflict and radical distributive claims in South Africa's rural mining frontier

Mnwana

Bowman

2022

The Extractive Industries and Society

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Social Licensing and Mining in South Africa

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Exploring strategies for management of disasters associated with illegal gold mining in abandoned mines: A case study of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Exploring strategies for management of disasters associated with illegal gold mining in abandoned mines: A case study of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Land, conflict and radical distributive claims in South Africa's rural mining frontier

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