| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Routledge contemporary South Africa ; volume 3 |
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Routledge contemporary South Africa ; volume 3.
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| Contents |
Part SECTION A Setting the scene -- chapter 1 The background to the Postmasburg study / LOCHNER MARAIS, DEIDRE VAN ROOYEN, PHILIPPE BURGER, -- chapter 2 The literature on mining communities and mining growth and decline / LOCHNER MARAIS -- chapter 3 Migration and mine labour in South Africa / RORY PILOSSOF -- part SECTION B Governance, planning, the environment and power -- chapter 4 The Tsassamba Committee / ERNST DREWES -- chapter 5 Spatial planning for Postmasburg / STUART DENOON-STEVENS, VERNA NEL -- chapter 6 Government, mining and community relations / LYNDON DU PLESSIS AND DIANE ABRAHAMS -- chapter 7 Mining and municipal fi nance / CHRIS HENDRIKS -- chapter 8 Environmental legislation, mining and Postmasburg's ecosystems / FALKO T. BUSCHKE -- part SECTION C To rent or to own? -- chapter 9 Mineworker housing / JAN CLOETE AND STUART DENOON-STEVENS -- chapter 10 The Khumani approach to homeownership in Postmasburg / THOMAS STEWART -- part SECTION D Working and doing business -- chapter 11 Work, wages and welfare in Postmasburg / PHILIPPE BURGER AND JEAN-PIERRE GELDENHUYS -- chapter 12 The work-related psychological well-being of a mineworker / MARTINA KOTZE -- chapter 13 Businesses in Postmasburg: Tshipe e lokile ('iron is good') -- but what about business? / DEIDRE VAN ROOYEN AND JOHAN VAN ZYL -- part SECTION E Conclusion -- chapter 14 The way forward for Postmasburg / LOCHNER MARAIS, FIONA HASLAM McKENZIE, ETIENNE NEL |
| Summary |
"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."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 2, 2017) |
| Subject |
Mining districts -- South Africa
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Mines and mineral resources -- South Africa
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Urbanization -- South Africa
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Land settlement -- South Africa
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Land settlement
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Mines and mineral resources
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Mining districts
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Urbanization
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burger, Philippe, editor.
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Marais, Lochner, editor.
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Van Rooyen, Deidré, editor
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| ISBN |
9781315162614 |
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131516261X |
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9781351668743 |
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1351668749 |
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9781351668729 |
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1351668722 |
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1138061131 |
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9781138061132 |
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