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XCSA assists employees live in their own homes

XCSA's operations are situated in historically rural areas. In the past, this required employees to be located close to the operations where they were accommodated in hostels or company-owned housing. However, as mining and associated industrial activity increased, the area has evolved into an established coal mining region. This has resulted in the development of established towns and facilities, thereby removing the need for company hostels and housing. In response, XCSA has developed a sustainable domestic model to provide financial assistance to enable employees to live in their own homes with their families.

Since September 2003, more than 80 previous hostel residents have acquired two to three bedroom houses in the residential housing programme in the suburbs of Witbank. The movement of employees out of hostels in the past few months has confirmed that employees are supportive of the model to facilitate this. XCSA aims to give all employees this option by 2005.