Sustainable development 2014
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AT A GLANCE OUR APPROACH TO CREATING VALUE OUR GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PEOPLE WHO RESPECT AND CARE SOCIAL CAPITAL AND LICENCE TO OPERATE CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES AND MITIGATING IMPACTS
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Social capital and licence to operate
Accommodation and living conditions

We have focused on promoting home ownership by developing integrated residential suburbs and providing quality single-person and family accommodation

Our accommodation and living conditions focus for 2015 and beyond

In support of the deputy president's Framework Agreement we continue to work towards our long-term goal to have at least 50% of our workforce at the mines residing with family by 2020, we will continue to focus on: We have set ourselves the following commitments for our South African operations in 2015:

We will continue to partner with government to ensure that our housing projects contribute to fully functional communities with all the required amenities, and that they are constructed within a broader integrated spatial development framework. We will also partner with government and the Bafokeng Nation to provide bulk infrastructure and services to mine communities in line with our own developmental needs.

Sunrise View primary and secondary schools

In 2013 we completed our Sunrise View home ownership development project, with 1 717 houses built and sold to employees. As part of our aim to create integrated communities, we have complemented the construction of houses with the construction of the Sunrise View primary and secondary schools. The project was undertaken in partnership with the Impala Bafokeng Trust and the North West provincial government. Implats contributed 50% to the R86 million cost of constructing the two schools. The construction of the schools provided jobs for over 280 skilled and unskilled people. Of these, 232 were members of the local community.

The primary school opened in 2013 and the secondary school in 2014. Both schools opened with a limited intake with a three-year strategy to increase the enrolment to capacity. In 2014, there were 1 372 learners (974 primary school, 398 secondary school), 39 educators (24 primary, 15 secondary) and 10 support staff (7 primary, 3 secondary) who benefited from the new schools.

Implats remains committed to the Sunrise View community and to the schools that we have built. We believe that our contribution should go beyond infrastructure and include activities that provide a holistic intervention. Through the Implats-funded Impala Bafokeng Trust, new computers have been installed in Sunrise View Primary school and both the primary and high school receive mentorship and support through our School Support Programme that primarily focuses on mathematics and science.