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"The benefits of mining are not

reaching the workers or the

surrounding communities.

Lack of employment opportunities for

local youth, squalid living conditions,

unemployment and growing

inequalities contribute to this mess."

- Frederick Engels?

Frederick Engels

"The benefits of mining are not

reaching the workers or the

surrounding communities.

Lack of employment opportunities for

local youth, squalid living conditions,

unemployment and growing

inequalities contribute to this mess."

- Marikana Union Leaders?

“It is a truth, universally acknowledged,

that capital is not divided equally

amongst the people, and that anyone in

possession of a little capital must feel

they are in need of more”

- Jane Austen?

“Industrialisation (increasing the means

of production) and globalisation create

rapid changes in the division of capital,

changing the lives of the people”

- Ben Ranson?

“TNCs are important, because they are

a powerful agent of change”

- Rex W. Tillerson? Exxon Mobil, CEO

Direct TNC

Investment

Pro’s and Con’s

Pro’sIncreased employment with

workers earning a higher

wage than before

Can trigger the multiplier

effect leading to economic

growth for everyone

Con’sRange from exploitation of

people through to

environmental degradation

and illegal activities

Governments can find

themselves subservient

to TNCs