THE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CLOSING OF A MINE FOR WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
This article arose from a project which was launched on behalf of the Labour Union Solidarityafter the interim liquidation and immediate closing of the Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD) GoldMine at Stilfontein. This mining community was also traumatized by an earthquake shortlybefore the closing of the m...
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| description | This article arose from a project which was launched on behalf of the Labour Union Solidarityafter the interim liquidation and immediate closing of the Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD) GoldMine at Stilfontein. This mining community was also traumatized by an earthquake shortlybefore the closing of the mine. The process commenced on 27 April 2005, when a contract wasdrawn up with Solidarity’s Helping Hand Fund to do a psychosocial situation analysis amongthe community. Based on the results of the psychosocial situation analysis, a project plan wassubmitted to Solidarity, after which a formal agreement was reached between the two parties anda meeting with the representatives of the labour union was held. Following this, the plan ofaction was proposed, the facilitators trained and the programme implemented. The data of thepsychosocial situation analysis, the contents and course of the group sessions as well as theresults that ensued from the questionnaire that was filled in by the women during the women’sday as well as certain strengths present in the community are discussed. This is followed by anintegrated discussion of the investigation. A number of recommendations are also made for thefuture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d82157bacc3f49ca9c37f845cf83fba32022-12-22T04:38:12ZafrStellenbosch UniversitySocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk0037-80542312-71982008-06-0144211910.15270/44-2-249THE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CLOSING OF A MINE FOR WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIESHerman Strydom0Social Work Division, School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom; Subject group social work, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa.This article arose from a project which was launched on behalf of the Labour Union Solidarityafter the interim liquidation and immediate closing of the Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD) GoldMine at Stilfontein. This mining community was also traumatized by an earthquake shortlybefore the closing of the mine. The process commenced on 27 April 2005, when a contract wasdrawn up with Solidarity’s Helping Hand Fund to do a psychosocial situation analysis amongthe community. Based on the results of the psychosocial situation analysis, a project plan wassubmitted to Solidarity, after which a formal agreement was reached between the two parties anda meeting with the representatives of the labour union was held. Following this, the plan ofaction was proposed, the facilitators trained and the programme implemented. The data of thepsychosocial situation analysis, the contents and course of the group sessions as well as theresults that ensued from the questionnaire that was filled in by the women during the women’sday as well as certain strengths present in the community are discussed. This is followed by anintegrated discussion of the investigation. A number of recommendations are also made for thefuture.https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/249psychosocial implicationsclosing of a mine |
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