Our Platinum, Iron Ore, Thermal Coal businesses and De Beers proactively engage in developing properly serviced land to facilitate housing development in areas where services are inadequate or do not exist. The business units collaborate with reputable developers to encourage and promote affordable home ownership among employees at all levels. Where possible, land is donated to the municipality to facilitate the rehousing of communities residing in informal settlements. We engage with the Chamber of Mines and with organised labour to address issues and options for home ownership.
While 11,648 employees currently reside in mine accommodation, our objective is to lessen employee dependency on the company to provide accommodation.
At Kumba Iron Ore's Sishen mine, 1,662 houses have been built to accommodate employees, and there are plans to build an additional 1,720 houses in Kathu for current and future housing needs. Platinum is also facilitating home ownership among its employees, with a commitment to build 20,000 homes by 2017. In 2012 alone, we built 1,000 houses.
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