Abstract: The extract reports that in November 2017, the department of water affairs and sanitation revealed that 36 mines operate without water licences, in violation of the National Water Act. They use water and waste and pollute without being monitored by the department. In five case studies on mines ranging from platinum to coal by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2018 found that very little of the social and labour plans mining companies signed up to were implemented. The study found that mining companies have spectacularly failed to build houses, provide childcare and bursaries as well as training. In most cases the companies also did not tell employees and local residents about their promised social and labour plan commitments. Qestion: Critically comment on the failure in social responsibility exhibited by these mining companies and its implications
Abstract:
The extract reports that in November 2017, the department of water affairs and sanitation revealed that
36 mines operate without water licences, in violation of the National Water Act. They use water and waste
and pollute without being monitored by the department. In five case studies on mines ranging from
platinum to coal by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2018
found that very little of the social and labour plans mining companies signed up to were implemented.
The study found that mining companies have spectacularly failed to build houses, provide childcare and
bursaries as well as training. In most cases the companies also did not tell employees and local residents
about their promised social and labour plan commitments.
Qestion:
Critically comment on the failure in social responsibility exhibited by these mining companies and its
implications
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