Deriving social benefits from mining through regulation: Lessons learned in South Africa

摘要: Abstract Shortly after the transition to post-apartheid state, South Africa began a process of requiring mining companies invest in community and workforce development areas surrounding operations. This shifted concept corporate social responsibility from mainly discretionary activity an issue regulatory compliance. Drawing on field-based interviews company documents, this article analyzes compliance with Africa’s regulation stakeholders formally involved or marginalized process. Findings demonstrate challenges that remain ensuring leads activities actually yield effective impactful local benefits. While has increased entry points for government involvement spending, it undermined idea citizenship by focusing mandatory compliance, while failing put place transparency monitoring mechanisms would allow participation sanctioning. The lessons learned case have implications as more African countries attempt regulate promotion benefits derived mining.