ISD AcademyInstitute for Social Dialogue
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What this course is about

Every mining right in South Africa comes with a Social and Labour Plan (SLP): a set of commitments to workers and communities. This course shows learners what an SLP is, how to read one, how to have a say in it, and how to follow whether its promises are kept.

Who it is for

Community members, ward committees, traditional council representatives, local business owners, mine community relations and SLP staff, municipal LED and IDP officials, and union representatives. Recommended after Courses 1 and 2.

What you will be able to do

  1. Explain what an SLP is and why the law requires it.
  2. Locate and explain the six required parts of an SLP.
  3. Describe how communities can take part in shaping an SLP.
  4. Monitor SLP delivery and use the right channels to raise concerns.

Preview: the first two minutes

Module 1 · Introduction · 2 min

In a rural community hall, a woman in a mustard-yellow headwrap and green cardigan is handed a thick bound document by a young man and looks at its cover warily.

Voices clip brief (real, consented testimony to be filmed): a community member describes the first time she saw her area's SLP and realised it named her village. Fallback if no consent is obtained: a fictional animated scene in Pula, labelled as fictional.

Modules

  1. Module 1 · 18 min

    What an SLP is and why it exists

    Explain what an SLP is and why the law requires it.

  2. Module 2 · 18 min

    Reading an SLP: the six parts

    Locate and explain the six required parts of an SLP.

  3. Module 3 · 18 min

    Having a say in the SLP

    Describe how communities can take part in shaping an SLP.

  4. Module 4 · 18 min

    Following the promise: monitoring and escalation

    Monitor SLP delivery and use the right channels to raise concerns.

Go deeper

Optional, outside the 72 minutes.

Sources

Social and Labour Plans | ISD Academy