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Social License to Operate (SLO) : mitigating community risk in the South African mining and extractive Industry
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| author | Labuschagne, Genevieve Irene |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/132611 Social License to Operate (SLO) : mitigating community risk in the South African mining and extractive Industry Labuschagne, Genevieve Irene Lambrechts, Derica Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Political Science. Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- South Africa Social responsibility of business -- South Africa Public relations -- South Africa Business ethics -- South Africa Social responsibility of business -- South Africa Sustainable development -- South Africa Risk assessment -- Political aspects -- South Africa UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Labuschagne, G. I. 2025. Social License to Operate (SLO) : Mitigating Community Risk in the South African Mining and Extractive Industry. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/7a95ec6f-8ca1-47e8-92ec-0c136a3663ad ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Political risk analysis has become an integral operational necessity across many industries, with particular importance for highly unstable (often volatile in nature) and risk-prone fields such as the Mining and Extractive Industry. Often, business risk is confined to the fields of Business Administration and Economics; however, as social, and socio-political dimensions of risk are increasingly acknowledged, a redirected focus towards mitigation strategies founded in Political Sciences is necessitated. This study explores the role of Social License to Operate (SLO) in the Mining and Extractive Industry, its application, and its function in emergent social risks, of these emergent risks, a community's resistance to mining motivates serious risks to business operations such as protests, demonstrations, strikes, and sabotage efforts. At the core of this study is the question of how SLO can be used to mitigate community risk in the Mining and Extractive Industry, in South Africa. The South African mining landscape is inherently political and defined by power relations. Political Ecology serves as a theoretical lens to examine the power-laden nature of company-community relations in this landscape. The Marikana Massacre that occurred in August 2012 is the case study chosen to undertake this study's analysis. This study finds that the complexity of community risk can be mitigated by the necessary alignment of company-community relations and continual engagement which results in SLO. A social risk orientated approach to business operations that places SLO at its core provides companies with the tool to redefine their relationship with communities and mitigate risk. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar nie. Masters 2025-06-11T13:39:43Z 2025-06-11T13:39:43Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132611 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 126 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- South Africa Social responsibility of business -- South Africa Public relations -- South Africa Business ethics -- South Africa Social responsibility of business -- South Africa Sustainable development -- South Africa Risk assessment -- Political aspects -- South Africa UCTD Labuschagne, Genevieve Irene Social License to Operate (SLO) : mitigating community risk in the South African mining and extractive Industry |
| title | Social License to Operate (SLO) : mitigating community risk in the South African mining and extractive Industry |
| title_full | Social License to Operate (SLO) : mitigating community risk in the South African mining and extractive Industry |
| title_fullStr | Social License to Operate (SLO) : mitigating community risk in the South African mining and extractive Industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social License to Operate (SLO) : mitigating community risk in the South African mining and extractive Industry |
| title_short | Social License to Operate (SLO) : mitigating community risk in the South African mining and extractive Industry |
| title_sort | social license to operate slo mitigating community risk in the south african mining and extractive industry |
| topic | Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- South Africa Social responsibility of business -- South Africa Public relations -- South Africa Business ethics -- South Africa Social responsibility of business -- South Africa Sustainable development -- South Africa Risk assessment -- Political aspects -- South Africa UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132611 |
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