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Minister of mineral resources and energy
Gwede Mantashe with the CEO of Anglo
American Platinum Chris Griffith
mining operations around Rustenburg. The such as the villages of Thekwane, Mfidikoe . The resettlement of the residents of
company continues to operate processing and Photsaneng”. Chachalaza 14 and Plot 14 informal
facilities in the area. In terms of the recently donated land, settlements;
“Anglo American Platinum was quite clear Khunou says: “Most of this land will be used . The formalisation of the Popo Molefe and
that it was reducing its footprint in to formalise some of the informal settlements, Mbeki Sun informal settlements; and
Rustenburg, but it has committed to doing its particularly in the rural areas of Sunrise Park, . More than 27 hectares of land, valued at
part to deal with this legacy of informal which has the greatest concentration of just over R9 million, will be handed over to
settlements, which, to a large extent, is informal settlements in Rustenburg because it the Rustenburg Alchemy Development Trust,
attributable to the mining sector.” is on the edges of a lot of mining shafts. which will construct a care centre for
Mining companies’ policy to pay living-out “We’re busy with township formalisation approximately 155 people.
allowances to mineworkers who choose not and we will ultimately build houses. Those “This centre will provide care for the
to stay in mine hostels but opt for who don’t qualify for government housing disabled, the elderly, orphans and child-
accommodation nearby has contributed the will be allocated stands,” Khunou says. headed families in the community,” Griffith
proliferation of informal settlements, which At the handover ceremony, Griffith said at the handover event.
tends to fuel the proliferation of informal explained why his company chose to plough “We are also proud of our partnership with
settlements. back into the Rustenburg communities: the Rustenburg Local Municipality and the
“The Bokamoso housing project is a “Having been in South Africa for more than provincial government of North West, through
flagship project intended to produce about 102 years, Anglo American recognises that which we donated 204 hectares of land in
4 000 housing units over the course of the government will not achieve its 2014 at Bokamoso.
next two years. developmental goals alone.” “We have subsequently invested more
“Construction of the houses is under way,” than R140 million in bulk infrastructure,
Khunou says. HOW THE LAND WILL BE USED including a waste water treatment plant and
He adds that the project will “benefit quite More than 270 hectares, valued at nearly tarred access roads.
a number of areas around Rustenburg, R7 million, will be handed over to the “As a result of this donation and the
including Nkaneng, which was one of the first Rustenburg municipality to complete housing provision of bulk infrastructure, the
informal settlements near the Bleskop mining and resettlement projects. As part of these department of human settlements is able to
operations; Zakhele; and surrounding areas projects, the following will be done: build 4 000 housing units on serviced land.”
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