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SRK Consulting Page 28Impact Assessment: Mine closureProbability: HighSeverity:Spatial scope: Local; extra localUncertainTemporal scope: PermanentReceptors: Affected employees, their households, local community and businessesImpact summary: Uncertain6. MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONSThe identification of ‘social’ management measures at the level of an initial assessment canonly be of a general nature. Similarly, socio-economic management measures can only bemeaningfully integrated into the final Environmental Management Plan (EMP) after analysisof measures recommended by other specialist studies. Accordingly, the management of airand noise pollution, and impacts on graves are addressed in the relevant specialist studies.a) Increase in employment opportunities and income generation:The proposed PPRust North mining expansion is expected to have an overall positiveimpact on general labour force indicators. However, appropriate employment andrecruitment policies must be formalised and given substance in terms of practicalimplementation to ensure that affected households will proportionally share in the benefitsof proposed mining expansion. The following management measures are recommended insupport of this key objective:Recruitment should favour local employment and skills development. The mine shouldestablish skills training programmes for locals to address the mine’s future needs and topromote SMME development. Appoint Labour Control Officer to monitor this process.Local recruitment should take place through mutually agreed community structures andrecruitment channels/mechanisms. The mine should assist with the establishment andadministration of a local (community) recruitment office. This includes the facilitation oflocal skills audits, baseline data and the development of socio-economic databases.The mine should develop policies and criteria for the employment and accommodationof local labour by sub-contractors and related local small business agreements.The mine must keep records of numbers of local people employed, place of residence,recruitment office, job description and employment contract conditions. Sub-contractorsto the mine should keep similar records for all placements of local people.BOEN/MOTFG:\347793 Mokgalekwena 2010\7Reports\Draft EIR\SRK website - electronic upload\Appendices\Appendix I3_Socioeconomic report\PPRust SIA Final (Rev-1).doc May 2002