1st Edition

Social Licensing and Mining in South Africa

By Sethulego Matebesi Copyright 2020
180 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book highlights the role of community trusts in social licencing through the lens of mining and mining disputes in South Africa. Employing elements of trust, acceptance and elite interaction as a framework, this book critically investigates the underlying dynamics of community development trusts and also the response of host communities to the inherent dilemma of the SLO concept, namely... Read more
1. Introduction: Context of community-mine relations in South Africa  2. Path dependency and social licensing  3. Mining regulatory frameworks and civil society mobilisation  4. Royal Bafokeg Nation: A model of community-based natural resource management  5. Social mobilisation against community development trusts in South Africa  6. Conclusion: Social licensing and prospects for community development 

Biography

Sethulego Matebesi is a Senior Lecturer and Acting Academic Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of the Free State, South Africa.