As part of our commitment to effectively engage with our communities, South Deep has been conducting relational assessments with its neighbouring communities since 2014. These studies pose a number of questions to gain insight into how community members perceive South Deep and vice versa, according to various aspects of the mine / host community relationship. The questions highlight the quality of the relationship according to four indicators: legitimacy; compatibility of interests; respect; and trust.

This work was recently featured as a case study published by Shift, a centre of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which works across continents and sectors promoting business practices that respect human dignity.

Read the full case study here

By responding to the knowledge gained by formally assessing our relationship with our host communities, we are on a journey of improvement that has seen community support grow by 26% between 2014 and 2019.

Find out more about how community relational assessments inform our decisions and actions.