As South Africa celebrates a generation of freedom, Anglo American acknowledges its deep roots in the country and looks ahead to its contribution in the next 25 years and beyond.
Construction of housing is ongoing on a portion of the 270 hectares of land donated by Anglo American Platinum to the Rustenburg Local Municipality The municipality can now worry less about land acquisition in its broader human settlements plan, which includes the establishment of townships and the formalisation of informal settlements – all thanks to Anglo American Platinum.
“We’ve had quite a meaningful relationship with Anglo American Platinum, particularly around issues of human settlement land acquisition. One of the biggest projects we’re doing together with national and provincial government is the Bokamoso housing development project, which dates as far back as 2012, when the company gave an indication that it was divesting from its mining operations in Rustenburg.
“Anglo American Platinum was quite clear that it was reducing its footprint in Rustenburg, but it has committed to doing its part to deal with this legacy of informal settlements, which, to a large extent, is attributable to the mining sector.” He adds that the project will “benefit quite a number of areas around Rustenburg, including Nkaneng, which was one of the first informal settlements near the Bleskop mining operations; Zakhele; and surrounding areas such as the villages of Thekwane, Mfidikoe and Photsaneng”.