The Richest Tribe in Africa
Platinum-Mining and the Bafokeng in South Africa's North West Province, 1965-1999
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5087740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Manson (North-West University), Bernard Mbenga (North-West University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-47 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0305707032000060598 |
| OpenAlex | W2015134582 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
The Bafokeng are a Setswana-speaking community long settled near present-day Rustenburg. This article focuses on their protracted legal battle with Impala Platinum in recent times to improve their royalties. It also analyses the interconnection of this struggle in the 1980s with the political consequences of Bafokeng incorporation into the apartheid 'homeland' of Bophuthatswana under Mangope. The injustices of the Mangope era endured by the Bafokeng are detailed extensively here. Subsequent Bafokeng court action against the powerful mining conglomerates made legal history. The final outcome in 1999, very favourable to the Bafokeng, changed forever the relationship between mineral owners and holders of mining rights in South Africa
Ancient history · Battle · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Homeland · Mining industry · Political science · Politics · Tribe · Engineering · History · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Mining and Resource Management · South African History and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |