This study was undertaken, in terms of the brief provided by Rio Tinto Rössing Uranium Limited (Rössing Uranium), to investigate and describe the national, regional and local socio-economic conditions of Rössing Uranium's operating environment. The objectives of the study are to establish baseline conditions of the receiving environment of the proposed Mine Expansion Project against which to assess the potential impacts - both beneficial and negative - of the Project, and to develop feasible management plans for the avoidance/mitigation or optimisation of such impacts.