MINING POLICY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL AND SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATION OF THE RESETTLEMENTS IN CATEME-MOZAMBIQUE: 2009-2017

Abstract

This article discusses the process of resettlement integration in Cateme, Moatize District, Tete-Mozambique Province, as a result of the start of coal mining, which focuses on the dichotomy socio-cultural integration and sustainable development. For this purpose, the qualitative method was applied in its ethnographic aspect. After fieldwork where participatory observation was privileged, it was found that mining rather than leading to socio-cultural and sustainable integration of resettled citizens in Cateme is characterized by an unfavorable reality for these communities. Therefore, there is evidence of non-respect for some socio-cultural specificities which, in turn, clearly contributes to deficient integration and unsustainable development. Another factor that contributes to these realities is the factual mismatch between the promises made by both Vale Moçambique and the government to the resettled citizens, in which an apparent and effective breach of the promises was found, creating an environment of discontent and consequent opening of space. for conflicts between the resettled citizens and the agents who caused the resettlement.