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MINING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY MDA focuses on the facilitation of critical services, via service providers, to ex-workers in the mining, energy and construction fields and their dependents and communities. The organisation places a central focus on its project management ability as the leverage point for delivering true value to South Africa's mine working communities. MDA's current programming can be divided into four broad elements: Skills development for current and retrenched mine, energy and construction workers Social development Education support SMME development and community economic empowerment
MDA's key focus areas: Partnerships with NUM and management in designing and developing social plan programmes for retrenched mine, energy and construction workers Developing and implementing project proposals for projects / programmes funded by social plan funds Conducting needs assessments with workers earmarked for retrenchment Recruiting and developing accredited service providers, monitoring service delivery and quality assurance Furthering local government LED (Local Economic Development) initiatives by generating and optimising opportunities for mineworkers and their communities Facilitating the design of multi-stakeholder development programmes, at local level, in areas affected by job losses Developing and maintaining a quality database for research and project development
Highlights Marula Natural Products (MNP) -
Over 4000 people, mostly rural women, earn incomes from supplying MNP with fruit and kernels, with Marula communities now present within 42 villages in the Bushbuckridge area of the Limpopo province. Mineworkers Recycling Services (MRS) -
currently employs 36 people, with a full working potential of an additional 250 workers. Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) training programmes -
to date 1,805 beneficiaries received training in a variety of business management and technical skills Training Programmes for rural communities in Semongkong, Lesotho -
MDA has facilitated the training of 172 beneficiaries, developing small scale industries, including poultry farming and bee-keeping, through the provision of knowledge, skills and business counselling services
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