Strategic Integration To Unlock Potential

Improved dialogue and effective implementation of the national infrastructure development plan could position South Africa's mining sector to capitalise on the next growth super cycle, say, stakeholders.

South Africa's mining sector, employing upward of half a million people and indirectly sustaining millions more, faces significant challenges.

The recent news of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union's (Amcu's) strike at three platinum mines, just the latest in waves of action and challenges to sustainability, underlines the need for a new path for the sector, says Wayne Jansen, KPMG's global head of mining.

There are also the issues of decreasing productivity and the continued devaluation of the rand to consider, he says. But with labour issues top of mind in the sector, the strikes are "a clear indicator that there is a need for improved dialogue in the industry," says Jansen.