Mining has been central to the social and economic narrative of Southern Africa, and has been a key provider of investment, employment, government revenue and infrastructure in the region.
... See More + In South Africa, the Johannesburg-Pretoria metropolitan area, which serves as the region's economic and financial hub, developed because of the local gold supply. In the early years, mining developed on the back of migrant workers from across Southern Africa who toiled in the mines under poor conditions. Many ex-miners suffer from vocational diseases to this day. While mining has helped build the economies of Southern Africa, it has come at social and environmental costs that cast a long shadow. Inequality is also high in many Southern African countries, suggesting that mining has not translated into inclusive growth. This report attempts to examine and weigh the various benefits and costs that mining has brought to the Southern Africa region. Data limitations are significant, restricting authoritative conclusions on whether the benefits from mining are positive or negative, on balance, for Southern African societies. The emphasis of this report is thus on taking stock of various benefits and costs associated with mining, while drawing on available information and thought experiments to highlight the potential trade-offs and how they affect stakeholder groups: workers, investors, governments, communities, and the rest of the economy. The countries this report focuses on are Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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The main goals of the Southern Africa Temane Regional Electricity Project (STE) Project are to connect and integrate the current two isolated power systems in Mozambique and to allow the transmission of surplus power generated in the north to the southern region.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: to avoid forced eviction; to mitigate unavoidable adverse social and economic impacts from land acquisition or restrictions on land use by: (a) providing timely compensation for loss of assets at replacement cost and (b) assisting displaced persons in their efforts to improve, or at least restore, their livelihoods and living standards, in real terms, to pre-displacement levels or to levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher; to improve living conditions of poor or vulnerable persons who are physically displaced, through provision of adequate housing, access to services and facilities, and security of tenure; to conceive and execute resettlement activities as sustainable development programs, providing enough investment resources to enable displaced persons to benefit directly from the project, as the nature of the project may warrant; and to ensure that resettlement activities are planned and implemented with appropriate disclosure of information, meaningful consultation, and the informed participation of those affected.
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The main goals of the Southern Africa Temane Regional Electricity Project (STE) Project are to connect and integrate the current two isolated power systems in Mozambique and to allow the transmission of surplus power generated in the north to the southern region.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: to avoid forced eviction; to mitigate unavoidable adverse social and economic impacts from land acquisition or restrictions on land use by: (a) providing timely compensation for loss of assets at replacement cost and (b) assisting displaced persons in their efforts to improve, or at least restore, their livelihoods and living standards, in real terms, to pre-displacement levels or to levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher; to improve living conditions of poor or vulnerable persons who are physically displaced, through provision of adequate housing, access to services and facilities, and security of tenure; to conceive and execute resettlement activities as sustainable development programs, providing enough investment resources to enable displaced persons to benefit directly from the project, as the nature of the project may warrant; and to ensure that resettlement activities are planned and implemented with appropriate disclosure of information, meaningful consultation, and the informed participation of those affected.
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The main goals of the Southern Africa Temane Regional Electricity Project (STE) Project are to connect and integrate the current two isolated power systems in Mozambique and to allow the transmission of surplus power generated in the north to the southern region.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: to avoid forced eviction; to mitigate unavoidable adverse social and economic impacts from land acquisition or restrictions on land use by: (a) providing timely compensation for loss of assets at replacement cost and (b) assisting displaced persons in their efforts to improve, or at least restore, their livelihoods and living standards, in real terms, to pre-displacement levels or to levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher; to improve living conditions of poor or vulnerable persons who are physically displaced, through provision of adequate housing, access to services and facilities, and security of tenure; to conceive and execute resettlement activities as sustainable development programs, providing enough investment resources to enable displaced persons to benefit directly from the project, as the nature of the project may warrant; and to ensure that resettlement activities are planned and implemented with appropriate disclosure of information, meaningful consultation, and the informed participation of those affected.
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The main goals of the Southern Africa Temane Regional Electricity Project (STE) Project are to connect and integrate the current two isolated power systems in Mozambique and to allow the transmission of surplus power generated in the north to the southern region.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: to avoid forced eviction; to mitigate unavoidable adverse social and economic impacts from land acquisition or restrictions on land use by: (a) providing timely compensation for loss of assets at replacement cost and (b) assisting displaced persons in their efforts to improve, or at least restore, their livelihoods and living standards, in real terms, to pre-displacement levels or to levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher; to improve living conditions of poor or vulnerable persons who are physically displaced, through provision of adequate housing, access to services and facilities, and security of tenure; to conceive and execute resettlement activities as sustainable development programs, providing enough investment resources to enable displaced persons to benefit directly from the project, as the nature of the project may warrant; and to ensure that resettlement activities are planned and implemented with appropriate disclosure of information, meaningful consultation, and the informed participation of those affected.
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The development objective of the Temane Regional Electricity Project for Mozambique is to enhance transmission capacity for domestic and regional markets and increase electricity generation capacity through private sector participation.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) ensure that the Central Térmica Temane (CTT) contractor(s) prepares and implements a project contractor environmental and social management plan (CESMP) and occupational health and safety plans (OHS), as well as on all other environmental and social management plans and required by the ESMP provided in the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA), as well as the ESAP; (2) during the construction phase, the contractor(s) will be required, as part of the ESAP and integrated management system (IMS), to recruit experienced environmental and social staff; (3) the community development plan requires CTT to implement sustainable and integrated community development initiatives aimed at uplifting local project affected communities; (4) contractor shall develop emergency preparedness and response plans (including community emergency response plans) for the construction and operation periods that contain the following principles: identification of areas where accidents and emergency situations may occur; identification of communities and individuals that may be impacted; establishment of response procedures for fire and safety; provision of equipment and resources; designation of responsibilities and communication with workers and the public; (5) contractors will be required to have systems in place to respond to worker and community complaints, and to register any complaints received in the CTT grievance redressal mechanism (GRM) management system for follow up and reporting; (6) all abstraction boreholes will be set up and managed so that the sustainable yield is not exceeded during a 24-hour period, and to always allow for boreholes to recover sufficiently between abstraction cycles; (7) during operations, CTT will develop and implement specific managements plans as part of the IMS for the management of hazardous materials, solid, and hazardous waste; and (8) implement the traffic safety measures outlined in the traffic management plan, including applying it to contractors.
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