FO S TERING C OLLABORA TION AND P ARTNERSHIP T he Miner als C ouncil c ontinued t o as sis t member c ompanies t o c ollabor a tiv ely addr es s some of these challenges and t o f acilita t e c oor dina t ed engagement with other s tak eholders including local and pr o vincial go v ernments de v elopment agencies and af ect ed c ommunities In the short t o medium t erm this initia tiv e will include c ollabor a tion on Social and Labour Plans SLPs and other social ec onomic and ent erprise de v elopment initia tiv es B y building s tr onger s tak eholder r ela tionships the challenges f ac ed b y local c ommunities can be bett er unders t ood impactful solutions can be c ocr ea t ed and s tak eholders can be tr ansf ormed t o int egr a t ed de v elopment partners T o support c ollabor a tion ef orts tw o pilot r egional ofc es ha v e been es tablished T he ofc e in Emalahleni Mpumalanga es tablished a t the behes t of the CLF has impr o v ed the ability of the c oal sect or t o ef ectiv ely engage with local s tak eholders hos t c ommunities local dis trict and pr o vincial go v ernments and other int er es t ed and af ect ed parties on a r ange of is sues T he Northern Cape ofc e in K uruman has been oper a tional sinc e the sec ond quart er of 20 19 and going f orw ar d it will c ontinue t o support curr ent and futur e c ollabor a tion ef orts such as the Northern Cape Shar ed V alue initia tiv e T his c ollabor a tiv e initia tiv e is betw een the mining c ompanies oper a ting in the pr o vinc e c on v ened under the auspic es of the Miner als C ouncil T he c ompanies r ec ognise the importanc e of impr o ving their de v elopment pr ogr ammes and the need t o w ork t ogether t o incr ease the efcac y of their ef orts R egional c ollabor a tiv e ef orts will f ocus on sharing bes t pr actic es and joint c ommunity de v elopment ef orts o v er and abo v e legisla t ed c omplianc e r equir ements as detailed in each mining c ompan y s SLP It is r ec ognised tha t c ommunity de v elopment in his t orically disadv antaged t o wns is mor e c omple x than gener ally en visaged and de v elopmental out c omes fr om SLPs and CSI e xpenditur e t end t o f all short of e xpecta tions Despit e the mining indus try s c onsulta tiv e ef orts with c ommunities and engagement with local go v ernment on the la tt er s int egr a t ed de v elopment plans IDPs it has been difcult t o achie v e the bes t pos sible de v elopment out c omes Futur e c ollabor a tion ther ef or e means mor e than simply c onsulting and deciding on wha t pr oject w ould be bes t f or the local c ompanies and c ommunities C ollabor a tion r equir es multis tak eholder c onsulta tion tha t includes c ommunities go v ernment the mining indus try and other indus trial sect ors and tha t r esults in the joint o wnership of each and e v ery initia tiv e tha t is implement ed Ins titutional alignment is a nec es sary pr ec ondition f or suc c es sful de v elopment and implementa tion of v alueadding and sus tainable c ommunity de v elopment initia tiv es Both Miner als C ouncil r egional ofc es ar e also task ed with e xploring and supporting municipal capacity building and impr o v ed c ommunity engagement initia tiv es In dialogues with municipalities the Miner als C ouncil is engaging with the ma y ors advisers and municipal heads of local ec onomic de v elopment on a r ange of socioec onomic de v elopment is sues including their IDPs Included in these talks ar e mine r epr esenta tiv es r esponsible f or SLPs and c ommunity engagement T he purpose is t o ensur e tha t all parties ar e aligned and c ommunity needs r ec eiv e the c orr ect r esponse T he ofc es will c ontinue t o support the mining indus try in the deliv ery of appr opria t e skills de v elopment non mining r ela t ed tr aining and ent erprise de v elopment tha t c ould lead t o ec onomic div ersifca tion in tr aditional mining t o wns In Mpumalanga f or ins tanc e w ork on the r ole of c oal in the futur e of the ener gy sect or and mining t o wn ec onomies c ontinues in the f orm of the Mpumalanga C oalfelds 20 30 pr oject T his pr oject is designed t o support hos t c ommunities and ec onomies of Mpumalanga t o unders tand design and c ollabor a t e ar ound building a sus tainable and r esilient futur e f or the r egion T his includes initia tiv es tha t will lead t o a jus t tr ansition in ec onomies tha t lar gely r ely on one ec onomic sect or In the case of Mpumalanga the ener gy sect or is made up of c oal mining electricity gener a tion and petr ochemicals and in the Northern Cape the dominant ec onomic sect or is mining and the e xport of primary base metals mos tly c opper ir on or e manganese and zinc Ov er the las t tw o decades mining c ompanies made signifcant c ontributions t o w ar ds c ommunity de v elopment but challenges f acing hos t c ommunities r emain a pr ominent is sue f or all s tak eholders in the mining indus try In 20 19 pr ot es ts and t ensions ar ound hos t c ommunities c ontinued driv en b y se v er al f act ors such as the scar city of pr ocur ement and job opportunities in the wider local ec onom y high e xpecta tions of c ommunities fr om mining c ompanies and the inadequa t e pr o vision of basic servic es S tr a t egic Goal 1 P age 58