Thesis (M.Dev.) -- University of Limpopo, 2017. / The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the poverty alleviation
strategies post mine closure in the Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality.
The study also focuses on the legislative framework of mine closure in South Africa, to
guide the mining operations, downsizing and retrenchment processes. The study is
qualitative in design, and semi-structured interviews were used for the mining officials,
municipal officials as well as the retrenched employees. The literature review looks at
how other countries of the world are effectively making use of the available resources in
combating poverty in their respective countries, including African countries.
It is evident that natural resources are the most important international commodity and
thus play a major role in the socio-economic development. The study critically analysed
how effective are the strategies to alleviate poverty currently implemented in the
research community. This analysis includes the impact faced by mining communities
post mine closure, owing to the depletion of Copper and phosphates ores which are the
most mined natural resources in the area.
The findings of this study reveal that mining companies are profit-making entities, and
their survival depends on both their production and favourable market forces. Some of
the key findings are that poverty alleviation projects are there but the administration of
those projects is poor, and thus do not address their primary goal; and the partnership
between the municipality and mining companies is not mutual. Recommendations made
in this study are that there should be proper approach towards the implementation of
those strategies; reinforce future plans of mining companies during downscaling and a
complete closure; and also ensure that a municipality provides support to viable Small
Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) that are linked to tourism sector to unlock
socio-economic activities within the community.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/1906 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Rakgoale, Nkakareng Thermocious |
| Contributors | Burman, C. J. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xiv,123 leaves |
| Relation |
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