Victim of its own success? The platinum mining industry and the apartheid mineral property system in South Africa's political transition

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 39, Issue 131, 2012, Pages 63-84

  Capps, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bophuthatswana; landed property; Lebowa; mining rights; platinum mining; South Africa

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; COMPETITIVENESS; EMPLOYMENT; GEOPOLITICS; MINERAL PROPERTY; MINING INDUSTRY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

BOPHUTHATSWANA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859613480     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2012.659006     Document Type: Article

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