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Mining and Community in South Africa: From Small Town to Iron Town book cover

1st Edition

Mining and Community in South Africa From Small Town to Iron Town

Edited By Philippe Burger, Lochner Marais, Deirdre van Rooyen Copyright 2018
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Mining has played a key role in the growth of many towns in South Africa. This growth has been accompanied by a proliferation of informal settlements, by pressure to provide basic services and by institutional pressures in local government to support mining. Fragile municipal finance, changing social attributes, the pressures of shift-work on mineworkers, the impact on the physical environment... Read more



Part I









1. The background to the Postmasburg study









2. The literature on mining communities and mining growth and decline



3. Migration and mine labour in South Africa



Part II: Governance, planning, the environment and power









4. The Tsassamba Committee











5. Spatial planning for Postmasburg











6. Government, mining and community relations











7. Mining and municipal finance



8. Environmental legislation, mining and ecosystems



Part III: To own or to rent?









9. Mineworker housing











10. The Khumani approach to homeownership in Postmasburg



IV: Working and doing business



11. Work, wages and welfare in Postmasburg









12. Psychological well-being on the mine









13. Businesses in Postmasburg: Tshipe e lokile (‘iron is good’) – but what about business?



Part V: Conclusion









14. The way forward for Postmasburg



Biography

Lochner Marais is Professor in Development Studies at the Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.



Philippe Burger is Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.



Deidre van Rooyen is currently the Programme Director for Development Studies and a researcher in the Centre for Development Support at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

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