Mining and Community in South Africa: From Small Town to Iron Town

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Philippe Burger (University of the Free State, South Africa) Lochner Marais (University of the Free State, South Africa)

Mining and Community in South Africa

From Small Town to Iron Town

Philippe Burger (University of the Free State, South Africa), Lochner Marais (University of the Free State, South Africa), Deirdre van Rooyen

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Routledge
26 September 2017

Regional studies; Development studies; Comparative politics; Economics of industrial organisation; Industry & industrial studies

Series: Routledge Contemporary South Africa

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.

Edited by: Philippe Burger (University of the Free State South Africa), Lochner Marais (University of the Free State, South Africa), Deirdre van Rooyen
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9781138061132
ISBN 10: 1138061131
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Africa
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 26 September 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lochner Marais is Professor in Development Studies at the Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Philippe Burger is Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Deidre van Rooyen is currently the Programme Director for Development Studies and a researcher in the Centre for Development Support at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.