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Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/67302 Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective Lees, Zoe none Olivier, Johan Nyembo, Nomakhuze UCTD Community participation Multi-stakeholder participation Broad based economic empowerment Integrated development plans Social license Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018. Discussions about the significance of the social license phenomenon have been increasing over the last two decades, yet the trend has been to approach it from a company perspective. Over the same period, there have been increasing challenges in mine-community relations, and company interventions have not led to the desired outcomes. A credible process for achieving a social licence within a complex and historically sensitive context is currently not in place, which has perpetuated the feelings of dissatisfaction and has led to serious conflict between mining communities and companies. The literature revealed a lack of clarity on the role of the community in the process, necessitating an interrogation of the phenomenon from a community perspective. Legitimacy theory was used as the basis of the study. The multi-dimensional and dynamic nature of the study necessitated the use of qualitative methods and an inductive approach, based upon a case study within two South African mining communities. The results of the study demonstrated that communities are limited in influencing the social licence, and this highlighted the need to incorporate community specific legitimacy, which more closely reflects the reality within communities (their diversity, informality, broad representation, and dynamic nature). The lack of agreement (emanating from communities, government and industry) on legitimate community leadership significantly also impacts on the social licence process. Communities are unable to articulate their expectations to mining companies, and the requirements for a social licence are not being satisfied. The study also highlighted the deep and complex nature of discourse transition, and that mining companies must concentrate on understanding context and produce context-specific interventions. This research contributes by extending the theorisation of legitimacy, as it relates to the social licence, by adding the concept of community legitimacy and proposes a community leadership framework, to incorporate this aspect. A conceptual model, which integrates the context-specific nuances, is therefore proposed for sectors which are dependent upon achieving accord with stakeholders via a social contract, and are experiencing increasing complexity and social tensions relating to their operations. Such a framework would facilitate engagement through representative structures and result in a more robust social licence outcome. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) PhD Unrestricted 2018-11-23T07:39:03Z 2018-11-23T07:39:03Z 2018 2018 Thesis Nyembo, N 2018, Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67302> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67302 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Community participation Multi-stakeholder participation Broad based economic empowerment Integrated development plans Social license Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective |
| title | Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective |
| title_full | Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective |
| title_fullStr | Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective |
| title_short | Interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in South Africa : a community perspective |
| title_sort | interrogating the legitimacy to enter into a social licence in the mining industry in south africa a community perspective |
| topic | UCTD Community participation Multi-stakeholder participation Broad based economic empowerment Integrated development plans Social license |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67302 |