Over the past 150 years, mining has been one of the most influential shapers of economic activities, social relations, spatial development patterns, power tussles and structures, political questions and debates, institutional structures, and legal and policy frameworks in South Africa. Even though the sector's influence has waned significantly over the last three to four decades, and personal, community and financial services, as well as retail activities, have become more prominent economic players, it is still a major contributor to the national economy and fiscus (Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) 2019; South Africa, Department of Rural Development and Land Reform 2019).
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Maritz, J., Oranje, M., Van Huyssteen, E. & Nel, V. 2021. Planning for a post-Mining future in the Rustenburg region and the transition towards it?. In Mining and Community in the South African Platinum Belt: A Decade after Marikana. L. Marais & M. Campbell, Eds. S.l.: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12092 .
Maritz, J., Oranje, M., Van Huyssteen, E., & Nel, V. (2021). Planning for a post-Mining future in the Rustenburg region and the transition towards it?. In L. Marais & M. Campbell. (Eds.), Mining and Community in the South African Platinum Belt: A Decade after Marikana Nova Science Publishers, Inc. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12092
Maritz, Johan, Mark Oranje, Elsona Van Huyssteen, and Verna Nel. "Planning for a post-mining future in the Rustenburg region and the transition towards it?" In MINING AND COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PLATINUM BELT: A DECADE AFTER MARIKANA, edited by Lochner Marais. n.p.: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12092.
Maritz J, Oranje M, Van Huyssteen E, Nel V. Planning for a post-mining future in the Rustenburg region and the transition towards it?. In Marais L, Campbell M, editors.. Mining and Community in the South African Platinum Belt: A Decade after Marikana. [place unknown]: Nova Science Publishers, Inc; 2021. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12092.