Mining and community in South Africa: from small town to iron town

In: Routledge contemporary South Africa 3

Abstract

The background to the Postmasburg study / LOCHNER MARAIS, DEIDRÈ VAN ROOYEN, PHILIPPE BURGER, MOLEFI LENKA, JAN CLOETE, STUART DENOON-STEVENS, KGOSI MOCWAGAE, MISCHA JACOBS & JOHNICA RIET -- The literature on mining communities and mining growth and decline / LOCHNER MARAIS AND JOHN NTEMA -- Migration and mine labour in South Africa / RORY PILOSSOF AND PHILIPPE BURGER -- Section B: Governance, planning, the environment and power -- The Tsassamba Committee / ERENST DREWES AND MALÈNE CAMPBELL -- Spatial planning for Postmasburg / STUART DENOON-STEVENS, VERNA NEL AND THULISILE MPAMBUKILE -- Government, mining and community relations / LYNDON DU PLESSIS AND DIANE ABRAHAMS -- Mining and municipal finance / CHRIS HENDRIKS AND LOCHNER MARAIS -- Environmental legislation, mining and ecosystems / FALKO T. BUSCHKE, JOOST SOMMEN, MAITLAND T. SEAMAN AND RICHARD D. WILLIAMSON -- To own or to rent? -- Mineworker housing / JAN CLOETE AND STUART DENOON-STEVENS -- The Khumani approach to homeownership in Postmasburg / THOMAS STEWART AND ERENST DREWES -- Working and doing business -- Work, wages and welfare in Postmasburg / PHILIPPE BURGER AND JP GELDENHUYS -- Psychological well-being on the mine / TINA KOTZÈ AND PERTRUS NEL -- Businesses in Postmasburg : tshipe e lokile (iron is good) : but what about business? / DEIDRE VAN ROOYEN AND JOHAN VAN ZYL -- Section E: Conclusion -- The way forward for postmasburg / LOCHNER MARAIS, FIONA HASLAM MCKENZIE, ETIENNE NEL, DEIDRÈ VAN ROOYEN AND PHILIPPE BURGER.