The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for stronger Public-Private partnership and collaboration to accelerate mineral investment, job creation, and economic growth in the region.
The call was made during the first SADC Ministerial High-Level Public Private Mining Forum held on 10 February 2026 on the margins of the 2026 Investing in African Mining Indaba in Capetown, South Africa.
The Forum was facilitated by Mr. Tapiwa Samanga, Group Chief Executive Officer at Production Technologies Association of South Africa (PtSA) and was attended SADC Ministers responsible for Mining and Minerals, private sector under the Mining Industry Association of Southern Africa (MIASA), representatives of the Chambers of Mines from SADC Member States and other industry leaders.
Honourable Phumzile Mgcina, the Deputy Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources of the Republic of South Africa, on behalf of Honourable Minister Gwede Mantashe, Chairperson of the Committee of SADC Ministers responsible for Mining, highlighted the importance of strengthened cooperation between governments, private sector, and communities through policy harmonisation, optimisation of resource use and access, and the need for collective voice on African mining issues globally.
The SADC Executive Secretary His Excellency Mr. Elias Mpedi Magosi emphasised that SADC’s position on minerals is anchored in a regional approach to the exploitation of minerals such that the developmental impact of finite mineral extraction is optimised for sustainable economic growth, industrialisation, and inter-generational equity.
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