Official source
Source domain: alexkor.co.za
Collected on 29 July 2026
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What this means
This is a webpage section titled “Our Community” from Alexkor SOC Ltd’s website. It describes Alexkor’s social investment and community initiatives in Namaqualand, including employment creation, potable water provision to Alexander Bay and Port Nolloth, women’s empowerment through mining-related contracting, and support for local small-scale mining companies. It also outlines educational support (ABET, learnerships, bursaries and study loans historically, and school grants) and local tourism initiatives (including funding a tourism website, running guest houses, operating an airport, and a local museum).
Facts
Reference
https://alexkor.co.za/our-community/
Amounts
R 3 000, R 1 500, R 2 750
Key Takeaways
- Document is a webpage section: “Our Community” (Alexkor SOC Ltd website)
- Employment impact: approximately 2 500 people employed directly and indirectly in Namaqualand
- Potable water provided to Alexander Bay town and Port Nolloth
- Alternative economic activity for retrenched employees: shallow water contracts to redundant Alexkor employees (per Alexkor Social Plan)
- Women upliftment: contracting and continued involvement with a women mining group at Witvoorkop
- Educational support: ABET classes for employees and community; involvement in learnership programmes
- Alexkor Development Foundation (historical): close to 1000 bursaries totaling almost R3,000,000
- Study loans paid out: close to R1,500,000
- Foundation replaced in 2003: granting part of Alexkor’s land concession at Witvoorkop to a woman empowerment and a local small-scale mining company
- School funding: over R2,750,000 provided to Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools
- Tourism initiatives: funding local tourism website “Diamondcoast”; running guest houses around Alexander Bay; running the local airport; local museum at the river mouth
- Ramsar site at the mouth of the Orange River; proclaimed a provincial park; part of Trans Frontier Conservation Area (listed as a World Heritage Site)
- Alexkor SOC Ltd
- Alexkor Development Foundation
- Msomi Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Gariep
- Witvoorkop women mining group
- Alexander Bay
- Port Nolloth
- Richtersveld
- Namaqualand
- Orange River
- Trans Frontier Conservation Area
- World Heritage Site
- Ramsar site