The socio-economic impacts of mine closure on local communities: evidence from Mpumalanga Province in South Africa

PQ Siyongwana, A Shabalala - GeoJournal, 2019 - Springer
This paper investigates the socio-economic impacts and coping strategies adopted by the
local community of Pilgrim's Rest in Mpumalanga following the closure of the gold mine. A …

A thriving coal mining city in crisis? The governance and spatial planning challenges at Witbank, South Africa

M Campbell, V Nel, T Mphambukeli - Land Use Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
The city of Witbank in the eMalahleni Local Government, or municipality as it is referred to in
South Africa, and its economy are experiencing rapid growth. The growth is largely as a …

The City of Matlosana

D van Rooyen, M Lenka - Secondary Cities and Development, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The City of Matlosana Municipality is in the centre of the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District
Municipality. Klerksdorp, the City of Matlosana's main urban centre and the economic hub of …

Mine closure narratives in Blyvooruitzicht gold mine in West Rand, South Africa

MS Magadzu - 2021 - scholar.ufs.ac.za
Mine downscaling and closure have been common in the South African mining industry in
the past two decades. Like in other countries, the downscaling and closure of mines has a …

Sustaining livelihoods in post-mine closure contexts: aphenomenological study of former-mineworkers at Tshikondeni Mine in Limpopo Province, South Africa

P Dzimiri - 2024 - scholar.ufs.ac.za
The phenomenon of mine closure is increasingly gaining credence as a research focus due
to the economic, social, and environmental challenges communities experience in the …

[PDF][PDF] The effects of mine downscaling (and closure) on the socio-economic development of mining communities: the case of Oranjemund

CN Ndeleki - 2018 - scholar.ufs.ac.za
1 THE EFFECTS OF MINE DOWNSCALING (AND CLOSURE) ON THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OF MINING COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF ORANJEMUND Page 1 1 THE …

[PDF][PDF] Reconstructing the history of urban development in the mining town of Virginia, Free State between 1940 and 2015

PO Ajayi - 2017 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
The nature of urban development experienced by mining towns across the world has been a
subject of concern among urban planners because of its transitory nature. Most times mining …