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Mining and Community in South Africa - From Small Town to Iron Town (Hardcover)
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Mining and Community in South Africa - From Small Town to Iron Town (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Africa
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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 and perceived new inequalities between mineworkers,
contract workers and original inhabitants have further complicated
matters. Mining growth has however also led to substantial local
economic benefits to existing business and it has contributed to a
mushrooming of new enterprises. While the relationship between
mining and economic development at the country level has received
adequate attention in existing literature, less is known about the
consequences of mining at the local level. This book investigates
the local impacts of mining in South Africa, focusing on
employment, inequality, housing, business development, worker
well-being, governance, municipal finance, planning and the
environment. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Mining and
Community in South Africa will be of interest to scholars of South
Africa, economic development, labour and industry, politics and
planning.
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