Social capital and licence to operate
investing in community development

This year we completed the second generation five-year Social and Labour Plans for the Rustenburg and Marula operations

A review of our progress in developing home ownership houses and promoting enterprise development is provided later in this section.

This year we completed the second generation five-year Social and Labour Plans (SLPs) for the Rustenburg and Marula operations and submitted these to the DMR during calendar year 2013. An updated five-year SLP will be submitted in October 2014. The Marula SLP was approved at a regional level and is being implemented. The DMR regional office conducted a full assessment of the first generation SLP at Rustenburg, in July 2014, and made recommendations for the new SLP. The availability of funds for SLP commitments will be constrained due to low PGM prices and while the Rustenburg operations restore production levels in 2015.

The Zimplats Mhondoro Ngezi Chegutu Zvimba Community Share Ownership Trust, established in 2011 as part of the company's indigenisation implementation plan, has to date implemented projects valued at more than US$3 million from the donation of US$10 million pledged to the trust by the company. Projects implemented in the three districts include the purchase of a grader for road construction (road construction and maintenance is a priority need identified by the community), rehabilitation of schools, construction of classroom blocks at more than 30 schools, sinking of boreholes to address access to potable water and infrastructure for income-generating projects.

South African operations socio-economic development expenditure Rm

Programme	2014	2013	2012	2011
Empowerment of community structures	20	13	17	31
Health, safety and environment	1	2	2	2
Education	21	18	15	17
Government and municipality support infrastructure	17	45	34	38
Sport development	7	10	10	11
Enterprise development	3	5	9	28
Community welfare, arts and culture	2	9	3	3
Total socio-economic development	71	102	90	130
Housing and living conditions	261	445	430	277
Total sustainable development	332	547	520	407

We aim to undertake a social impact study in communities
neighbouring our Marula operations and identify collaborative
enterprise development initiatives

Zimbabwean operations socio-economic development expenditure US$000

Programme	2014	2013	2012
Zimplats' socio-economic development expenditure
Education	208	3 062	3 283
Health	91	668	873
Infrastructure	–	–
Government and municipality support infrastructure	–	–
Enterprise development	88	80	47
Sport development	94	54	35
Other	578	340	1 071
Total socio-economic development	1 059	4 204	5 309
Housing and living conditions	15	20 548	49 000
Total sustainable development	1 074	24 752	54 309

Mimosa's socio-economic development expenditure
Empowerment of community structures	92	–	698
Health, safety and environment	2 897	3 912	16
Education	310	422	1 120
Government and municipality support infrastructure	67	–	450
Sport development	1 869	–	1 125
Enterprise development	–	–	2
Community welfare arts and culture	–	336	10
Total socio-economic development	5 236	4 670	3 421
Housing and living conditions	146	3 031	16 560
Total sustainable development	5 382	7 801	19 981

Our focus on social investment for 2014 and beyond

Manage the challenges associated with the negative impact of the strike on social investment projects, including competing priorities and budget constraints
Reflect on the findings of our SIA and formulate the necessary strategic responses. The field baseline survey under way will be used to complement these findings and will inform future decision-making on socio-economic development
Undertake a social impact study in communities neighbouring our Marula operations
Identify collaborative enterprise development initiatives that bolster economic activity in our areas of operation.