In December 2019, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) published its Draft Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines for comment – part of its process to standardise resettlement practice in mining. Among the stakeholders offering input is global consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting. “It is clear that resettlement is a growing concern during the development of large public and private projects in sectors like mining and energy,” says Jessica Edwards, senior social scientist at SRK Consulting. “It is opportune that government seeks to define a common approach for South Africa – especially when managing involuntary displacement.”
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