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    THE EVALUATION OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC
    (2011-05-16) MARUBINI, MBEREGENI MICHAEL
    The study was conducted in Alexandra, Gauteng Province of South Africa. It is an exploratory – descriptive study. Respondents in this study included social workers in Foster Care Placements, foster parents, and foster children who have already reached 18 years of age. The key findings of this study are as follows: · The current foster care arrangements are ineffective and unsustainable. · Foster children do not benefit from placement in the way the Act intends. · Social workers in foster care placements do not provide professional assistance as stipulated in the Act. · Foster parents are not trained parental skills to enable foster children to be self reliant. · Dissemination of information around foster care is poor. · Lack of integration of services among government departments hampers sustainability
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    SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF PLATINUM MINING ON
    (2011-04-13) Hassan, Imran
    Mining is a major economic activity in several countries with significant contributions to exports and infrastructure development. Mining is generally viewed as providing an economic stimulus in the areas/regions where it occurs. In some areas, the local economy depends almost exclusively on mining. However, the abundance of resources has not always resulted in a prosperous populace. Some view resource abundance as a “blessing” and others as a “curse”. The natural curse thesis holds that resource abundance is the cause of lesser economic growth (Buitelaar, 2001). It is also an industry that is often held responsible for causing environmental damage and social disruption. This situation is not unique to South Africa, as this scenario is increasingly manifesting itself in other countries where mining takes place. The questions thus are as follows: What are the impacts of mining, particularly on local communities? To what extent are the economic benefits arising from mining impacting positively and/or adversely on the socio-economic development of the local communities in the area? Is growth translating into human development? This study found that the establishment of Anglo Platinum PPrust has had mixed impacts on locals and hence contradictory views are held about whether the presence of the mine in Mogalakwena is proving to be a “blessing” or a “curse”.