Abstract
South Africa has experienced a dramatic increase in ‘service delivery protests’ that is supposedly, greater than anywhere else in the world (Alexander and Pfaffe 2013:1). This wave of protest action was referred to as a ‘rebellion of the poor’ by some researchers. In mining towns like Burgersfort in Limpopo, the problem was further exacerbated when mining companies announced plans to downsize their operations and retrench staff. A qualitative study was conducted to understand the impact of company-community conflict that took place between 2013 and 2015 on women and children in Ga- Manyaka and Ga- Mashabela villages in Limpopo. The literature review highlights the history of mine-community conflict globally and in South Africa between 2007 and 2016 and highlights conflict triggers which range from labour wage disputes, restricted access to land and water for communities as mining operations expand and unfulfilled socio-economic development promises by mine owners that was intended as compensation for forfeited communal land access and use...
M.A. (Social Impact Assessment)