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Some of the key findings from this report can be summarised as follows: According to the results obtained from the measure of CSR practises against the Bench Marks framework and community perceptions about the mining industry, effective CSR is not currently experienced by community members in Botswana. An additional measure against these criteria and benchmarks is given through the presentation of results that were obtained in the ‘Community CSR Assessment Tool’. Integrated within the findings of this research are certain relevant Principles, Criteria and Bench Marks1 - printed in bold, that serve as measuring standards for the mining companies’ CSR performances. The key issues (findings) that came to the fore from the research are categorised under the three dimensions of sustainable development (economical, environmental and social). Mainly three basic research procedures were used for the project: the historical procedure, survey procedure and historic-comparative procedure. Grimbeek – both from the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus.

Mr David van Wyk (North-West University) conducted the research and was supported by Prof Freek Cronjé, and by Ms. This research on the diamond industry in Botswana is therefore a continuation of the broader SADC research initiative into the extractive industry. The first phase of this SADC research project, completed and launched in June 2008, involved the mining activities in Malawi (uranium), South Africa (coal, gold, platinum and uranium) and Zambia (copper and cobalt). Mining-related developmental issues - against the background of the social responsibility of the industry - that will be raised in this project will, amongst others, be the following: health and safety, security, education, migrant and settlement patterns, environmental management, poverty eradication, job creation, local economic development, gender, HIV/AIDS, measurement of development needs of communities, etc. International best practice and benchmarking conceptualised and monitored by the Bench Marks Foundation as specified in the Bench Marks framework, Principles for Global Corporate Responsibility: Bench Marks for measuring Business Performance, (the Bench Marks tool) are key principles in the design and execution of the research. At this meeting it was decided to focus the research on the applicable legislation, policies and practices in the extractive industries in the above-mentioned countries in the SADC region.

The initiative is supported by the Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NIZA) and arises from research completed by the Bench Marks Foundation on Rustenburg Platinum Mines and extended by the PPP meeting of November 2006 in Durban, South Africa. De Beers, Botswana and the Control of a Country This research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the extractive industry in Southern Africa is a research project of the Bench Marks Foundation in collaboration with the Peace, Principles and Participation Network (PPP) covering Angola, the DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia – a multi-sectoral grouping that has evolved primarily for purposes of advocating for equitable distribution of wealth and developmental benefits at grassroots levels emanating from extractive industries operating across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.