Partnering with Communities

EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR LONG-TERM SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY’S FUTURE AND SECURES OUR LICENCE TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CURRENT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT.

Our Performance

Highlights

• Our school nutrition programme has continued in 29 schools.
• We have 68 active community peer educators reaching approximately 50,000 community members on issues such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and cholera; fourteen new peer educators trained in 2010.
• We have 47 active community members administering home-based care in the communities.
• To date, 1,856 patients have benefited from the home-based care programme.
• 37 community members participated in the Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) training programme in 2010.
• 86 community members trained as Rock Drill Operators, 65 of whom have been found competent.
• We have constructed eight new classrooms and ablution facilities at schools in our community utilising GLC HDSA companies to carry out the work.
• US$3.78 million was spent on Local Economic Development (LED) projects in line with our Social and Labour Plans (SLPs).
• We provided business skills and technical skills training to 150 Small Medium Enterprises.
• We have built a solid and mutually beneficial relationship with the Department of Basic Education.

Challenges

• We have a number of land claims lodged against the Company in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994.
• Targeting members of the GLC with tertiary education bursaries remains problematic due to limitations with Secondary Schools within the GLC.
• Our LED projects at Oustad and Madibeng are both on hold pending input from local government.

Focus in 2011

• Review our SLP following the release of the revised Mining Charter.
• The Integrated Development Plans and the strategies of both the Departments of Basic Education and Department of Health will be taken into consideration for the development of the SLP.
• Consolidating our education value chain ensuring investment in primary and secondary education.
• Supporting nutrition, HIV/AIDS and infrastructure programs to improve health status and advance sustainability of the Greater Lonmin Community (GLC).

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