Sustainable social development in the South African mining sector

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-427

  Cronjé, Freek ^a   Chenga, Charity S ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Corporate social responsibility; Mining communities; Social development; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; MINING INDUSTRY; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349734508     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350903086788     Document Type: Article

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