Table 5 Actors in the system of interest
Actor designations | Specifications |
|---|---|
Camp Committee | Non-state structure that facilitates the management of the various interactions between actors in the mining area. The structure is appointed by the actors in the mining site. |
Mining cooperatives | Mining-focused organizations recognized by the state authorities, owned and controlled by their members to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations. |
Mining agents | Agents from the Ministry in charge of mining who control mining operations |
Mine Police | State police services |
« PDG » | People authorized by the mining cooperative to exploit minerals from the mining site. They make verbal work agreements with the diggers, avail resources and make the follow up of the exploitation works. |
« Supporters » | They provide additional financial resources to the PDG when it is required. |
Diggers called « Demushimba » | In charge of manual drilling of underground mining galleries. |
Transportors | People in charge of carrying the rocks extracted from the underground pipes to the crushers. |
Actors in charge of crushing and « washing » | People in charge of reducing the size of rocks by washing with water and mercury. |
Economic actors | Owners of health centers, pharmacies, restaurants, bars, recreational activities and shops selling basic necessities. |
Professionals of sex called «Diggers without spade”. | Sex Professionals |
Natives | Inhabitants of the mine site and surrounding areas before the mining began |