Project management in an environmentally sensitive South African mining environment
- Authors: Cathey, Steve William
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Mineral industries - Social aspects - South Africa , Social responsibility of business - South Africa , Project management - South Africa , Cemeteries - South Africa , Exhumation - South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/293705 , uj:31942
- Description: D.Ing. (Engineering Management) , Abstract: In order to more efficiently manage and track progress, large projects are divided into three main steps, namely: Initiation, Implementation, Termination. Using systematic, empirically based, scientific procedures, the aim of this research is to identify, examine and explain how a grave relocation project impacts a typical mining project through each of the three project steps. By means of a case study, it will then examine the interventions required to successfully integrate a grave relocation project as part of an operating mining project. In addition, it will also examine the inter-relationships between the project, the local communities and present legislation in regard to executing a grave relocation project following the steps that were captured during the case study. In this way, reliable and replicable data will be generated, which can, in turn, be added to, interpreted and or implemented in other projects of a similar nature in the sensitive South African mining environment. Until very recently, grave relocation would not have been considered to be a necessary part of a normal mining project. However, due to increasing urbanisation (Giraut F, 2009) and the fluidity of the political and financial situation of South Africa, the dynamics in the relationship between new mining projects and surrounding local communities have undergone many changes and have become more complex. This includes matters such as grave relocation. Consequently, it has become necessary for the mining industry not only to more fully understand the legislation in regard to matters such as grave relocation, but also to take cognizance of the wider issues and potential impacts, on both present and future mining activities. Experience has indicated that project planning, time and cost control, communication within the local community, monitoring and control of on-site and off-site work and quality control can all be directly affected...
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- Authors: Cathey, Steve William
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Mineral industries - Social aspects - South Africa , Social responsibility of business - South Africa , Project management - South Africa , Cemeteries - South Africa , Exhumation - South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/293705 , uj:31942
- Description: D.Ing. (Engineering Management) , Abstract: In order to more efficiently manage and track progress, large projects are divided into three main steps, namely: Initiation, Implementation, Termination. Using systematic, empirically based, scientific procedures, the aim of this research is to identify, examine and explain how a grave relocation project impacts a typical mining project through each of the three project steps. By means of a case study, it will then examine the interventions required to successfully integrate a grave relocation project as part of an operating mining project. In addition, it will also examine the inter-relationships between the project, the local communities and present legislation in regard to executing a grave relocation project following the steps that were captured during the case study. In this way, reliable and replicable data will be generated, which can, in turn, be added to, interpreted and or implemented in other projects of a similar nature in the sensitive South African mining environment. Until very recently, grave relocation would not have been considered to be a necessary part of a normal mining project. However, due to increasing urbanisation (Giraut F, 2009) and the fluidity of the political and financial situation of South Africa, the dynamics in the relationship between new mining projects and surrounding local communities have undergone many changes and have become more complex. This includes matters such as grave relocation. Consequently, it has become necessary for the mining industry not only to more fully understand the legislation in regard to matters such as grave relocation, but also to take cognizance of the wider issues and potential impacts, on both present and future mining activities. Experience has indicated that project planning, time and cost control, communication within the local community, monitoring and control of on-site and off-site work and quality control can all be directly affected...
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The extent of corporate social responsibility reporting within the South African mining industry
- Authors: Kleu, Stuart David
- Date: 2014-10-07
- Subjects: Social responsibility of business - South Africa , Mineral industries - Social aspects - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:12493 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12289
- Description: M.Com. (Financial Management) , Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its effective reporting are becoming increasingly important. Evidence suggests that there is a growing trend towards investment in companies which are social and environmental conscious. The mining sector in South Africa (SA) is characterised by labour disputes, environmental concerns and seemingly negative impact on local communities. Public opinion and the media commonly perceive the sector to be unwilling to improve on its CSR activities and performance. The goal of the study was to determine whether SA mining companies have adequately integrated CSR into their reporting and whether the extent and depth of CSR reporting is sufficient for the companies to be classified as a CSR conscious investment. To achieve this goal a content analysis was conducted on the official reports of the five largest (measured by market capitalisation) South African mining companies. Each company‟s CSR was analysed by determining trends, the extent and the depth of reporting in the CSR categories; community, diversity, employee relations, environment and human rights. The results indicated that there is a positive trend towards the sample of mining companies becoming socially responsible. The results, however, also indicate that there is a large degree of variation between the sampled companies and that the extent and depth of human rights reporting is a general concern which needs to be addressed.
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- Authors: Kleu, Stuart David
- Date: 2014-10-07
- Subjects: Social responsibility of business - South Africa , Mineral industries - Social aspects - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:12493 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12289
- Description: M.Com. (Financial Management) , Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its effective reporting are becoming increasingly important. Evidence suggests that there is a growing trend towards investment in companies which are social and environmental conscious. The mining sector in South Africa (SA) is characterised by labour disputes, environmental concerns and seemingly negative impact on local communities. Public opinion and the media commonly perceive the sector to be unwilling to improve on its CSR activities and performance. The goal of the study was to determine whether SA mining companies have adequately integrated CSR into their reporting and whether the extent and depth of CSR reporting is sufficient for the companies to be classified as a CSR conscious investment. To achieve this goal a content analysis was conducted on the official reports of the five largest (measured by market capitalisation) South African mining companies. Each company‟s CSR was analysed by determining trends, the extent and the depth of reporting in the CSR categories; community, diversity, employee relations, environment and human rights. The results indicated that there is a positive trend towards the sample of mining companies becoming socially responsible. The results, however, also indicate that there is a large degree of variation between the sampled companies and that the extent and depth of human rights reporting is a general concern which needs to be addressed.
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