In broad terms, economic development involves improving infrastructure, improvement of health and safety and other initiatives which aim to improve the general welfare of citizens.EDS views economic development as a holistic approach to transformation and uses the elements of BBBEE together with the Employment Equity Act, the Skills Development Act and the National Development Plan (NDP) objectives to provide a legislative context. This together with the ED elements and sub-elements as defined by the Department of Energy (DoE) as well as the requirements outlined by the Department of Minerals and Resources (DMR) for Social and Labour Plans (SLP’s) for mines, are key guidelines to the implementation criteria.In addition, the creation of job opportunities, the development of a skilled workforce and the establishment of a local supply chain (localisation), all feed into the successful implementation of economic development within South Africa (and more specifically rural development).Our passion is to enable transformation across all occupational and societal levels from the community to the boardroom.