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Table 13.2 (continued)
Mining company community
development approach
(features)
Stakeholder attitudes (reactions)
Data analysis
(inferences)
“Nevertheless, the company’s
human capacity building
(HCB) approach is a
top-down mining-focused
approach to development. The
company has implemented
HCB initiatives to up-skill
local miners and potentially
engage them in large-scale
mining projects. According to
the company, it has also
contributed to physical
infrastructure for the
development of
entrepreneurship HCB
initiatives” (Corporate
representative)
“I am the only miner in my family. I
have three children and want them to
study. I am aware of the risks of
working at the mine and I did not want
them to be part of the industry. This is
a mining town… a person who does
not go to school becomes a miner.
Most of us do not know anything else
than mining, hence, we have to work
here and sustain our family members
with the little income we get”
(Community Member focus group)
Tension between the
aspirations of mining
companies and the
wishes of parents for
their children’s futures
“We have tried to approach
NGOs and CBOs to work on
human capacity building for
community entrepreneurship
but we have not got any
positive answer so far”
(Senior Corporate
representative)
“I know a miner called … that earned
USD$ 700,000 after finding a gold
deposit. That happened a few years
ago. At the present time he has a
handicapped daughter and lives in very
poor conditions… when miners get
money they spend it in a very short
time. This explains why there is much
prostitution and alcoholism in the
town” (Miner and Community
Member)
Economic wellbeing
can be short-lived
unless supported by
attention to education
in other aspects of
wellbeing
“Small businesses around
mining such as restaurants,
laundries and transport
agencies have been created…
(The) purpose (of these
initiatives) is to help
community members get
organised and stop working
on informal basis” (Senior
State Government
representative)
“Why do you think there is violence in
the world? What do you do when you
have a family to support and you do
not have a job? … you do whatever to
get some income to feed your children,
right? Well, there are many people
experiencing this situation in this
region, even though this is a mining
region … The situation is very
complex in these towns. At least 3 to 4
people are killed every day … This has
got worse during the last 3 months”
The need for business
diversity, formal
business options,
creation of an
economy of diverse
businesses
(NGO director)
(continued)
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Table 13.2 (continued)
Mining company community
development approach
(features)
Stakeholder attitudes (reactions)
Data analysis
(inferences)
“Nevertheless, the company’s
human capacity building
(HCB) approach is a
top-down mining-focused
approach to development. The
company has implemented
HCB initiatives to up-skill
local miners and potentially
engage them in large-scale
mining projects. According to
the company, it has also
contributed to physical
infrastructure for the
development of
entrepreneurship HCB
initiatives” (Corporate
representative)
“I am the only miner in my family. I
have three children and want them to
study. I am aware of the risks of
working at the mine and I did not want
them to be part of the industry. This is
a mining town… a person who does
not go to school becomes a miner.
Most of us do not know anything else
than mining, hence, we have to work
here and sustain our family members
with the little income we get”
(Community Member focus group)
Tension between the
aspirations of mining
companies and the
wishes of parents for
their children’s futures
“We have tried to approach
NGOs and CBOs to work on
human capacity building for
community entrepreneurship
but we have not got any
positive answer so far”
(Senior Corporate
representative)
“I know a miner called … that earned
USD$ 700,000 after finding a gold
deposit. That happened a few years
ago. At the present time he has a
handicapped daughter and lives in very
poor conditions… when miners get
money they spend it in a very short
time. This explains why there is much
prostitution and alcoholism in the
town” (Miner and Community
Member)
Economic wellbeing
can be short-lived
unless supported by
attention to education
in other aspects of
wellbeing
“Small businesses around
mining such as restaurants,
laundries and transport
agencies have been created…
(The) purpose (of these
initiatives) is to help
community members get
organised and stop working
on informal basis” (Senior
State Government
representative)
“Why do you think there is violence in
the world? What do you do when you
have a family to support and you do
not have a job? … you do whatever to
get some income to feed your children,
right? Well, there are many people
experiencing this situation in this
region, even though this is a mining
region … The situation is very
complex in these towns. At least 3 to 4
people are killed every day … This has
got worse during the last 3 months”
The need for business
diversity, formal
business options,
creation of an
economy of diverse
businesses
(NGO director)
(continued)
13 SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production