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B: EXECUTIVE SUMMARYB.1 Introduction to the Motlhotlo ResettlementReviewAnglo Platinum (Corporate Affairs) has appointed ERM Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (hereafterreferred to as ERM) to conduct a review of the resettlement processes undertaken at two sitesnear their Mogalakwena Section (formerly known as Potgietersrust Platinum Mine). These arereferred to as the Ga Pila and Motlhotlo resettlement processes, respectively.It is within the context of contention over the performance of Anglo Platinum (AP) in theseresettlement processes that AP Corporate Affairs was prompted to conduct its own detailedinternal technical investigation of the activities undertaken. In this regard, AP has requestedthat ERM conduct a review of the resettlement processes. The primary objective of this review isto highlight the strengths and weaknesses in AP’s performance in these resettlements.The key international standard used as the basis for this review is the International FinanceCorporation’s (IFC) Performance Standards (PS) on Social and Environmental Sustainability(2006), in particular Performance Standard 5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement.The outcome of the resettlement review is two-pronged, with a focus on both a ‘looking back’at resettlement activities carried out to date and on ‘looking forward’ to ways in which relationsbetween AP and the affected communities can be improved, and to ways in which communitylivelihoods and quality of life in the affected settlements can be enhanced.i