I found myself sharing a lunch table at this week’s African Mining Indaba with a group of trade unionists who were toggling between the main event and the Alternative Mining Indaba down the road.

They were outraged that President Cyril Ramaphosa had used his keynote speech to accuse business and labour of “moaning”, telling them to stop criticising from the rooftops and “get into the ring”...

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